by Bruce Brown | December 8, 2022 | Health
A disproportionate number of people with hearing loss don’t have hearing aids. Cost is the major factor that prevents people from getting help when their hearing degrades. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if relatively inexpensive earbuds could could fill the...
by Bruce Brown | November 29, 2022 | Health
We often write about hearables and hearing aid technologies for adults. But what about infants? The U.S. and other countries with strong economies already test new newborn hearing, but that’s not the case in poorer countries largely because in-hospital hearing...
by Bruce Brown | August 3, 2021 | Health
Responsible scientists and scholars hesitate to prematurely claim causation when data shows a correlation between two factors. Researchers from the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Population Health withhold claims of causation in either direction between...
by Bruce Brown | December 1, 2020 | Health
Hearable devices include products that enhance streaming media entertainment, enable hands-free phone and video conference calls, cancel external noise, and assist with hearing loss. We’ve written recently about Phonak’s Audeo Paradise AI-assisted hearing...
by Bruce Brown | November 24, 2020 | Health
New hearable products now appear on the market frequently. This trend is a welcome development for the millions of people with mild to moderate hearing loss who are underserved by the medical profession due to the high cost of traditional hearing aids. IDC and other...