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How Phonak Achieved Bluetooth Connectivity To Both Apple And Android Products
Phonak was the first manufacturer to achieve direct streaming with Android and Apple devices in Fall 2018. Their Marvel line of hearing aids showcased the world's first hearing aids able to use the standard 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Classic signal,...
Phonak Audeo Marvel: Cerushield Tips and Tricks
Phonak's newest hearing aid boasts a lot of new high tech features. Enjoy better speech understanding in noise with less listening effort. Phonak is the first hearing aid manufacturer to provide direct audio streaming to almost any...
Hear Yourself More Naturally with Signia’s Own-Voice-Processing (OVP)
That's Not My Voice! Dissatisfaction with your own voice quality is one of the most common complaints for new hearing aid users. Hearing aid user’s voice can often be overbearingly loud and unnatural when first wearing a hearing aid. Hearing...
Davidson’s presents Spring 2019 Fifty-five Plus Lifestyles Show
The annual Spring Fifty-Five Plus Lifestyle show is returning to the EY Centre on Friday, April 26th and Saturday, April 27th. Join us at 4899 Uplands Drive, Ottawa, Ontario. We will be demonstrating the benefits of TV streaming with Widex TV-Play...
Synesthesia – Can We See Sounds?
Perception of The Senses As humans we have five basic senses; sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. At any given time our brain is constantly processing information about its surrounding environment. As our brain is constantly registering...
Closed Captioning Increases Comprehension With or Without Hearing Aids
Watching TV is a favourite past-time for many Canadians. Unfortunately, understanding television can be difficult for hard of hearing individuals, even with the best hearing aids. With new TV’s getting sleeker and more slender, speakers have been...
Is the Age of Analog Over?
A History of Hearing Aids Hearing aids have come a long way. It wasn't until the mid-late 1950's the first Analog transistor hearing aids were available. There are different era’s per say, on the development of hearing aids over hundreds of years....
World Hearing Day: Check your hearing!
World Hearing Day 2020: Check Your Hearing! March 3rd is World Hearing Day. World Hearing Day is a campaign held each year by the World Health Organization’s (WHO), Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness.The campaign's objective is to share...
Widex EVOKE Firmware Upgrade
A recent development in hearing aid technology is their ability to have firmware upgrades. This allows the end user to upgrade the features and benefits of their hearing aids as the manufacturers make improvements and introduce new technology. The...
