Abram Bailey on LinkedIn: Jabra will no longer make wireless earbuds or headphones | Digital Trends | 10 comments (2024)

Nagaraj Murthy

1w

One has to but wonder how long before others follow suit… Make no mistake, the island mentality will cause others to abandon ship. The divide between prescription HAs and OTC being pushed by manufacturers and the audiologist community, lack of HA professionals across the world esp remote areasNo organized reliable remote testing strategy, andFrankly poor quality/ performance otc devices coming into the market (as evidenced by several factual reviews courtesy HearAdvisor and Abram Bailey ) are the nails in this coffin. ISHA in India went one step further and argued successfully the OTC HAs be banned as they could cause irreparable hearing damage without a hearing professionals oversight (there’s some truth to it …) - never mind that there’s no organized remote hearing strategy and the population is significantly rural…etc.Why can’t we dispense with the divide, work diligently on technology that assists HAPs to accurately and reliably diagnose and program HAs via teleaudiology and then have the marketplace open up for both “prescription “ and OTC HAs? The served market is anemic compared to the need as I’ve stated in other posts and getting wider.Am I being naive?cc Vinaya Manchaiah De Wet Swanepoel Frank Lin BestNM

Ari Mizrachi

COO & Co-Founder at SonicEdge

1w

As I know Jabra is one of the big 10 in earbuds. As such, the brand has a value to the consumers, I suppose they will try to sell / licence the brand.

Tarik Zukic

Product Innovation | Tech Management | Medical Devices | Hearing Healthcare

6d

Makes absolutely sense - this has long become a red-ocean market. Jabra should check again if the OTC hearing aid market is headed in the same direction - I believe it is.

Mitch Johnson

Founder @ Novanel Engineering | Medical Devices | Regulatory Affairs | Product Development

1w

Now this is big news! Surprising. The competition is very intense in that market.

wen minkoff, phd

I love leading marketing teams

1w

Really interesting approach. Thanks for sharing this.