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Ben Gailor is a guest writer and retired civil servant who lives in Ottawa, Canada. Ben wears hearing aids all day, every day, encourages family and friends with hearing loss to wear theirs, and advocates for everyone to protect their hearing. 1 storyLatest story · Sep 10, 2026

Fortell AI 2.0 hearing aids and portable charging case. My wife and I traveled from our home in Ottawa to New York City on a recent summer weekend to visit family. During our stay, I tried out the second generation of Fortell Artificial Intelligence (AI) hearing aids. For about 50 hours, I had a chance to listen to the future.

Fast-growing Høreservice Danmark operates 25 mobile hearing clinics that bring hearing testing and hearing aid fittings directly into consumers’ homes. Sonova plans to use it as a testing ground for potentially expanding the model to other countries. Published on Sep 10, 2026 Sonova has acquired Høreservice Danmark, a fast-growing Danish hearing care company built around mobile clinics and in-home hearing services.

When Oticon Reveal was introduced in August, a lot of attention centered on its “Dual AI” architecture: one AI system focused on speech and another designed to preserve meaningful surrounding sounds. But there’s a lot more to it than that: Oticon is arguing that better hearing in difficult environments should not be defined by simply removing as much background sound as possible.

Consumer electronics giant Anker is bringing its THUS AI audio technology to a new self-fitting hearing aid designed to improve speech understanding in noisy environments. Anker RIC Hearing Aids Pro with charging case. Anker, a global consumer electronics company best known for charging products and its Soundcore audio devices, is entering the over-the-counter hearing aid market with a new receiver-in-canal (RIC) hearing aid powered by the company’s proprietary THUS AI chip.

Dr. Amy Sarow is a Doctor of Audiology and nationally recognized hearing health expert. She helps consumers better understand hearing loss, hearing technology, tinnitus, and the role hearing health plays in healthy aging. As HearingTracker’s Director of Consumer Education & Audiology, Dr. Sarow develops evidence-based, practical resources that empower people to make informed decisions about their hearing care and technology.

Public voting runs September 2-14, giving the hearing healthcare community the opportunity to recognize the year’s most innovative technologies. Published on Sep 2, 2026 Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) has announced the opening of public voting for the seventh annual Hearing Technology Innovator Awards™, an international awards program recognizing technological innovation and achievement across the hearing industry.

It can take some time to get used to your hearing aids. Here are some good tips to speed the way. It can take several weeks to adjust to hearing aids, and it’s much more involved than adjusting to new glasses. New hearing aid users adapt in multiple layers: physical comfort, your own voice, environmental sounds, sound quality, and establishing a daily hearing aid routine.

Donation through WSA’s Wonderful Sound Project will expand hearing care access across North Texas and add employee volunteer support. Published on Sep 2, 2026 ISELIN, NJ – WSA, a global leader in hearing healthcare and home to the Widex and Signia hearing aid brands, today announced a commitment to donate 100 additional hearing aids to the Dallas Hearing Foundation (DHF) over the next year through its Wonderful Sound Project initiative.

Published on Sep 1, 2026 Barbara Zancan. MILAN, ITALY — Starkey, a global leader in AI-driven hearing technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Barbara Zancan, as the new Managing Director for Starkey Italy. Barbara brings more than 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles across major medical device and healthcare organizations, including Medela, Sivantos, and Walgreens.