Why General Chips Are the Next Big Leap in Hearing Device Technology

In this podcast, I will be speaking with Ben Sun, CEO and founder of Orka. He was a former hardware engineer at Apple. He left life in the big tech to design and launch a hearing aid product called Orka One. Ben will be speaking with us about the role of a chip inside a hearing aid and how technology innovates the hearing aid performance and enhances the user experience.

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