by Bruce Brown | January 31, 2023 | Health
Long-known for its hearable devices for phone calls and streaming content, Jabra showcased its first medical hearing product at CES 2023. Jabra has joined a long list of traditional audio brands such as Sony and Bose that now are manufacturing or licensing...
by Bruce Brown | January 26, 2023 | Health
The 2017 Over the Counter Hearing Aid Act directed the FDA to create guidelines to allow retail stores to sell hearing aids as medical devices for mild to moderate hearing loss without a prescription. In October 2022, the FDA rules went into effect. Some of the same...
by Bruce Brown | October 25, 2022 | Health
We’ve been covering the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aid Act since 2017 when the Senate first approved the law. Despite many would-be market starters, in early 2018, Nuheara’s IQbuds were the first OTC hearables to hit the market for online sales. As of...
by Bruce Brown | May 5, 2022 | Health
Hear.com is an online hearing care company. The enterprise sells brand name hearing aids along with its own Horizon hearing aid line. Hear.com sells hearing aids via traditional audiologist office partners and directly via tele-audiology appointments with licensed...
by Bruce Brown | April 7, 2022 | Health
Olive Union just launched the Olive Max OTC 2-in-1 wireless earbuds and hearing aids. This is a fascinating time to be following developments in hearable technology. Following passage of the 2017 OTC Hearing Aid Act, we’ve written about new devices in a variety...
