Earlens Taps Verily to Help Develop Next-Gen Hearing Solution

Earlens is teaming up with Verily, an Alphabet company, to help develop next-generation capabilities for a nonsurgical hearing solution. Menlo Park, CA-based Earlens said Verily would be a “natural partner.” "By combining our complementary sets of expertise, we aim to develop a next-generation hearing solution, as well as explore modalities for monitoring that may address conditions beyond hearing loss,” Bill Facteau, Earlens president and CEO of Earlens said in a release. The company noted while some acoustic hearing aids have announced new AI capabilities and overall wellness benefits, they are typically only worn for part of the day, while the Lens in the Earlens solution remains in the ear at all times. The firm’s device uses a small lens to vibrate the eardrum, which directly activates the natural hearing process and delivers the broadest bandwidth available. In a release, Brian Otis, Verily’s CTO, said the company’s “extensive experience in custom miniaturized, low-power and integrated medical devices uniquely position us to enhance the Earlens solution with a smaller, more efficient and more powerful behind-the-ear device. Earlens is the only hearing solution that places a lens on the eardrum, and by combining our innovative medical, wearable and sensor technologies, we can further revolutionize the industry to support patients dealing with hear...
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