Content Director29 October 2019Apple’s new $249 AirPods Pro wireless earbuds look very similar to the old $149 AirPods; but the new Pro model is packed with advanced technologies—including active noise cancellation, a new hearing “transparency” mode, and adaptive equalization—which deliver more than an extra hundred dollars’ worth of value. With sophisticated features long associated with more expensive high-end headsets and hearing aids, AirPods Pro positions Apple well against several other new entrants in the emerging “intelligent earbuds” market.

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Content Director03 September 2019Google's long-awaited update to its Android smartphone operating system is finally here. As expected, it's chock-full of major accessibility improvements for people with hearing loss and hearing aids. And it's already providing wireless streaming directly to hearing aids from Google's Android Pixel phones.

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Content DirectorUpdated 09 August 2019If you've watched Adam Savage blow things up on his MythBusters TV show or put things together on his Tested YouTube channel, you may have heard him mention he wears hearing aids. In fact, one of the biggest myths he has tried to bust is the idea that hearing aids make you feel old. Instead, he'll tell you that hearing aids "freaking changed my life."

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