Are the body-worn hearing aids on the way out?
Over the past decade, hearing aid industry has taken the incredible strides at advanced hearing technology! The fast changing in designs and performance with innovative built-in features, users no longer need to deal with bulky devices, fumbling with small batteries, feeling disconnected from living and enjoying daily life – those are all things of the past. Now is the time for the hearing impaired to start living and rediscover real hearing with the latest in world-class, cutting-edge innovation that are accessible without undue hardship to fit various hearing needs.
Hearing aids are part of the electronics devices segment that everyone is relying upon in all aspects of all lifestyles. Look around you and you’d find most personal electronics devices with built-in Bluetooth technology so why not hearing aids, right? Not so long ago, consumers could only dream of having a way to listen to music, enjoy TV entertainment, answer calls by use of mobile phone while wearing hearing aids, yet today all that are reality within reach for everyone who has hearing needs.
Thanks to ion-lithium technology, the worry of hearing aids running out of battery power at the most inconvenient of times are OVER! No more fumbling with pill size batteries, no more out of pocket costs of disposable batteries. Rechargeable hearing aids are the most cost effective along with ease of use while eco-friendly to the health of the environment which is highly recognized its benefits and in high demand worldwide.
Beside Bluetooth and rechargeable technologies,artificial intelligence (AI) and device/machine learning based on actions and instructions, allowing hearing aids to adapt to the user’s exact hearing needs. Along the same path, hearing aids appearance also continuing to improve its user wearing appeal as the actual sizes have becoming much more compact and desirable style and color for behind-the-ear (BTE) and in-the-ear (ITE). As demand of BTE and ITE hearing aids arise, sales of body-worn hearing devices such as bulky clip-on pocket/belt, spectacle worn amplifiers has been drastically reduced over the years due to its largely ‘eye-sore’ appearance (no pun intended). However, the newly designed body worn around the neck hearing amplifier has been recognized and on the rise within the hearing market due to its advanced features and trendy image. How fast will the body worn neckband grow comparing to the BTE and ITE products, only time and customer’s responses will tell its favorable longevity.