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Bluetooth Hearing Aids

New Android 10 Accessibility Features Will Help the Hearing Impaired

— September 4, 2019 — Tech
The Android 10 accessibility features will include Bluetooth capabilities for hearing aids, where users can stream music or take a call on their hearing aids. The new Android 10 accessibility features are geared toward helping those who wear hearing aids to be able to use their mobile phone to its maximum capabilities. The new feature is titled Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids, or ASHA. The streaming to a hearing aid is transmitted over Bluetooth Low Energy, or BLE, which can allow both hearing aids and phones to maintain batteries.

With the accessibility features, those with hearing aids will be able to use the devices much like wireless headphones. This extends the capabilities of a smartphone for those who wear hearing aids.

Google has been making efforts to increase the accessibility of Android devices.
Trend Themes
1. Bluetooth Hearing Aids - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore the potential of integrating Bluetooth technology into hearing aids to enhance accessibility and functionality for users.
2. Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative applications and services that leverage ASHA technology to enable users to stream music and take calls on their hearing aids.
3. Android 10 Accessibility Features - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create inclusive mobile experiences by utilizing the new accessibility features of Android 10 to cater to the needs of those who wear hearing aids.
Industry Implications
1. Hearing Aid Manufacturing - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporate the latest Bluetooth and streaming technologies into the design and production of hearing aids for improved user experience and convenience.
2. Mobile Phone and Consumer Electronics - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Collaborate with hearing aid manufacturers to develop seamless integrations between mobile phones and Bluetooth-enabled hearing aids, offering enhanced accessibility features to users.
3. Mobile Application Development - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build innovative mobile applications that leverage the ASHA technology and Android 10 accessibility features to provide customized solutions and services for individuals who wear hearing aids.
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