![]() That’s an amazing advancement the industry has been missing and nothing short of a breakthrough.” “The Bose Hear app lets owners set up and customize their SoundControl Hearing Aids from home - in less than an hour - to reconnect with the moments that matter. But the cost and complexity of treatment have become major barriers to getting help,” said Brian Maguire, category director of Bose Hear. “In the United States alone, approximately 48 million people suffer from some degree of hearing loss that interferes with their life. ![]() An article in the June 2021 Hearing Review by Bose’s Andrew Sabin, PhD, and researchers at the University of Iowa compares the population coverage of SoundControl-or the percentage of people who would be able to find a frequency gain profile similar to a NAL-NL2 prescription fit-demonstrating that it can cover substantially more of the population of individuals with mild-to-moderate hearing loss than a device with 1-4 presets.Īs reported by Hearing Review in May, SoundControl™ Hearing Aids were available on a limited geographic basis, but the devices have now been made available in all 50 states. In the self-fitting process, the Bose Hear app uses the Bose CustomTune™ interface for mapping to a wide range of target gain profiles, derived from a hearing loss database. The self-fitting SoundControl hearing aid is the first of its kind to gain FDA clearance. SoundControl Hearing Aids come with a 90-day, risk-free trial, dedicated product support, and will be sold directly from Bose for $849.95. And they can make setting adjustments themselves, in real-time and real-world environments, without assistance from a healthcare professional. Customers are provided with eight batteries in the box, with each lasting up to four days when used for 14 hours per day.Bose announced the new SoundControl Hearing Aids - the “first FDA-cleared, direct-to-consumer hearing aid developed for adults with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing loss.” Paired with the Bose Hear app, users can fit, program, and control a SoundControl Hearing Aid for “clinically proven, audiologist-quality results - without a doctor visit, hearing test, or prescription,” according to the company. Each unit is water-resistant and hosts two microphones, a single speaker and a 312 zinc-air battery. The hardware shapes up as two SoundControl Hearing Aids, each weighing just 3 g (0.1 oz), with the main unit fitted behind a user's ear and the earpiece plugged into the canal. And the company is promising audiologist-quality results, too. ![]() The FDA has given the green light for Bose to supply its hearing aid system direct to adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss, meaning that users don't need to book an appointment at the doctor's office, take a hearing test, or present a prescription in order to take advantage of the tech. That’s an amazing advancement the industry has been missing and nothing short of a breakthrough." The Bose Hear app lets owners set up and customize their SoundControl Hearing Aids from home – in less than an hour – to reconnect with the moments that matter. "But the cost and complexity of treatment have become major barriers to getting help. "In the United States alone, approximately 48 million people suffer from some degree of hearing loss that interferes with their life," said the company's Brian Maguire. ![]() Audio gear titan Bose has embarked on its first foray into the hearing aid space, and made quite an entrance with the first direct-to-customer model for adults to be cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ![]()
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