The AI hearing company\u2019s Beyond 2 Pro OTC hearing aids and ElePro Plus teleaudiology service each received recognition from Hearing Health & Technology Matters.<\/p>\n
Elehear<\/a> has been named a two-time winner of the 2026 Hearing Technology Innovator Awards<\/a>, with its Beyond 2 Pro<\/a> OTC hearing aids earning recognition in the Hearing Aids, OTC Receiver in Canal category and its ElePro Plus<\/a> teleaudiology service receiving honors in the Service Delivery, Telehealth category.<\/p>\n Presented by Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM), the Hearing Technology Innovator Awards recognize innovation and achievement across the global hearing industry. Now in its seventh year, the program has also supported organizations dedicated to improving hearing health and expanding access to care since its inception in 2020, raising more than $40,000 for hearing-related charities.<\/p>\n Beyond 2 Pro<\/p>\n The Beyond 2 Pro features Elehear\u2018s proprietary VocClear3.0 technology, designed to improve speech clarity and reduce background noise, alongside native Auracast connectivity and a lighter, more comfortable design. The device was introduced earlier this year<\/a> as the company\u2019s latest entry in the OTC receiver-in-canal segment.<\/p>\n ElePro Plus<\/p>\n ElePro Plus connects users with licensed audiologists through virtual appointments, offering personalized remote fittings and follow-up adjustments for compatible Beyond Series hearing aids. The service is currently available in 24 states, with plans to expand as regulations permit. The service launched<\/a> as part of Elehear\u2018s broader effort to extend professional hearing care support to OTC hearing aid users.<\/p>\n \u201cReceiving two Hearing Technology Innovator Awards is an exciting moment for our team and a reflection of what we\u2019re working toward at Elehear,\u201d says David Hogan, managing director at Elehear, in a release. \u201cWe believe better hearing should come with greater choice, flexibility, and access to the support people need. This recognition encourages us to keep finding new ways to make hearing care work for more people.\u201d<\/p>\n Elehear describes itself as an AI hearing company whose proprietary technologies\u2014including the VocClear algorithm\u2014enable ultra-low-latency AI processing, noise reduction, and DNN-hybrid feedback cancellation. The company\u2019s broader OTC product lineup also includes the Delight<\/a> completely-in-canal device, unveiled at CES 2026<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AI hearing company\u2019s Beyond 2 Pro OTC hearing aids and ElePro Plus teleaudiology service each received recognition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-630347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}