Not all disabilities are visible. Hearing loss affects nearly 16% of Americans — that’s 40 million adults aged 18 or older who have trouble hearing in some way that affects their day-to-day life.

In 1994 Jaap Haartsen and his colleagues set out to connect two nearby devices without a cord. It seems simple now, but they had no idea how to make it work. Eventually, they devised a plan to send ...

The primary goal of hearing aids has always been to improve speech understanding. While this hasn’t changed, manufacturers are now building Bluetooth technology in to the most advanced hearing aid ...

More online at www.VirginiaHearingAids.com. There exists an excellent chance that your current hearing aid is equipped with Bluetooth technology, particularly if you purchased it recently. Bluetooth ...

The Bluetooth radio we find in our Android devices is named after a tenth century Viking king, Harold Bluetooth, famous for uniting a number of Danish tribes. The logo consists of Harold’s initials in ...

BALLERUP, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GN Hearing, the global leader in hearing aid connectivity, and Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, together with Google, today announce ...

Nearly 50 million Americans have lost at least some of their hearing. A new generation of hearing aids employs technology such as Bluetooth and pairs with digital assistants to make them more useful ...

The most game-changing wearable device on the market right now may not be a fitness tracker or a smartwatch: It’s a hearing aid. Unlike fitness trackers, which are often tucked away in a drawer in ...

Have you ever heard a ringing sound in your ears? How about a whooshing noise, a buzzing sensation, or maybe a hissing sound? If this sounds familiar, you’re probably one of the many Americans who ...

We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission Here’s our process. With ever-advancing technologies, hearing aids are ...

According to some new Android Open Source Project (AOSP) commits sighted by XDA Developers, Google appears to be preparing to add native Bluetooth hearing aid support in Android P at some point.