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A website devoted to hearing industry companies, products, technologies, and people

Hearing Industry Report focuses on the companies, products, technologies, and people transforming one of the world's most important marketplaces. I'm David Copithorne, and I have been writing about hearing loss and the hearing industry for more than 20 years. I base my research and writing not only on my decades of progressive hearing loss and experience using hearing aids and cochlear implants, but also on a career in Silicon Valley and Madison Avenue bringing new technology products to market.

Those who have read my Hearing Mojo blog for a long time will see I've relaunched it in 2025 as Hearing Industry Report, with a new look and a new, tighter focus on hearing industry companies and the markets of consumers with hearing loss who they serve. As today's established hearing aid companies continue building on decades of innovation, there's been a dramatic acceleration of investment in innovative new companies to help the world's hundreds of millions of people suffering from hearing loss. New products and technologies are proliferating at a head-spinning pace. So now is a great time for a focused resource providing the up-to-date news and depth of research and insight that hearing industry insiders need.

Reporting on unprecedented growth and change

The hearing industry is undergoing an epochal transition. New technologies delivering higher performance at lower costs are providing more and better assistance to people with hearing loss than ever before. Among many other things:

  • Artificial intelligence is enabling breakthroughs in the age-old problem of hearing speech in noise and promising a revolution in do-it-yourself hearing aid programming;
  • Sound processing software, driven by semiconductor chips that are doubling in power and capability every couple of years, is delivering constant improvements in hearing technology performance and user experience;
  • Bluetooth connectivity is giving hearing aid users new superpowers;
  • Brain science research is unlocking the mysteries of hearing, cognition, aging, dementia, and decline; and
  • Deregulation is opening the spigot of new investments in over-the-counter hearing aid products.

Hearing Industry Report provides deep dives into these and other topics, providing unique insights into the products, technologies, companies, and people responsible for moving the industry forward through a period of unprecedented disruption. 

Actionable insights for decision-makers

Our content is mainly for hearing industry decision-makers and investors who need perspective and actionable insights on:

  • Products powered by emerging technologies that promise to alleviate the suffering inflicted by hearing loss,
  • Industry news to provide the story behind the story of the companies and institutions responsible for delivering care to the hundreds of millions of people with untreated hearing loss worldwide, and 
  • People—the innovators, change makers, executives, investors, caregivers, researchers, and others—who are meeting the challenges of an industry that has been historically slow to change.

What was once a sleepy industry dominated by a few manufacturers is now serviced by hundreds of innovative new companies. But resistance to change, from both institutions and individuals, has hindered progress.

My goal is to unpack these stories in ways that shed light on the opportunities to break the bottlenecks hindering faster progress, to accelerate growth, and to deliver life-saving solutions to the people who need them most.

Let me know your thoughts—and subscribe!

The most gratifying element of this blog has the feedback and interaction I have with a community of like-minded readers. Those who've read Hearing Mojo for a long time will see I've relaunched it in the fall of 2024 with a new look and a new, tighter focus on product, technology, and the hearing industry. I'd love to hear your thoughts and especially to welcome you as a subscriber.

Best regards,

Dave Copithorne