Lexie Hearing and Bose announced today that they partnered to bring Bose’s self-fitting hearing aid technology to Lexie’s product line. The new Lexie B1 hearing aids will be powered by Bose to allow wearers to fit, program and control their hearing aids with clinically proven, audiologist-quality results, without requiring a doctor visit, hearing test or […]
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Bose jumps into hearing aid market
Bose just introduced FDA-cleared, direct-to-consumer hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. Users can use a smartphone app to fit, program and control a SoundControl hearing aid without a doctor visit, hearing test or prescription, according to Framingham, Mass.-based Bose. Each hearing aid will retail for $849.95 starting May 18th in five […]
Hearing Industries Assn. protests FDA clearance of Bose self-fitted hearing aid
The Hearing Industries Assn. conveyed its concerns with the FDA’s approval of Bose Corp.’s self-fitting hearing aid. In October 2018, the FDA granted Bose de novo clearance for the over-the-counter device billed as the first of its kind on the U.S. market, according to the FDA’s Center for Devices & Radiological Health. In a May […]
Sanuwave confirms acting CEO Richardson as company head | Personnel Moves – December 12, 2018
Sanuwave said late last month that it lifted acting CEO and board chair Kevin Richardson to a permanent position in the corner office. Richardson joined the Suwanee, Ga.-based company in 2009 as board chair, and has served as acting CEO since 2014. He also served as managing partner of investment management firm Prides Capital from […]
FDA grants de novo nod for Bose self-fitted hearing aid
The FDA today said it granted de novo clearance to a self-fitted hearing aid made by Bose Corp. for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. The Bose Hearing Aid is designed to allow the patient to fit, program and control the hearing aid without help from a healthcare provider, the first such device on the […]