Jacoti Named as CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree for Tech for a Better World

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NEW YORK, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    Jacoti bvba today announced that it has been named a CES 2016 Innovation

Awards Honoree for Jacoti Hearing Suite. Products entered in this prestigious

program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers,

independent engineers and members of the trade media to honor outstanding

design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 27

product categories.

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    Jacoti Hearing Suite is a set of cloud-enabled mobile applications that

grants anyone - from people with normal hearing to those with profound hearing

losses - ubiquitous hearing support with reliability and capabilities far

beyond existing and expensive hearing aids and assistive listening devices.

Consumer Electronics manufacturers can license the IP-protected technologies

that drive the Jacoti Hearing Suite (8 international patents, granted or

pending). All Jacoti applications make use of off-the-shelf consumer hardware.

    "We are thrilled that the CES Innovation Awards have honored the advanced

hearing compensation and enhancement technology in Jacoti Hearing Suite which

enables hearing without barriers," said Jacques Kinsbergen, CEO of Jacoti bvba.

    Jacoti believes that hearing loss compensation and personalization of audio

should be a fundamental part of all audio-enabled computing devices. Hearing

loss is both a medical condition and a consumer challenge. Therefore, it needs

consumer-driven and consumer-oriented solutions.

    Jacoti Hearing Suite consists of the following interconnectable hearing

applications:

    - Jacoti Hearing Center is a revolutionary, patented self-test hearing

application that provides clinically reliable results in real-life environments.

    - Jacoti ListenApp(R) is the first medically certified hearing aid

application.

    - Jacoti Lola(R) Classroom is a flexible and affordable assistive listening

solution for classrooms, meeting rooms and lecture halls. It provides extremely

low-latency multi-peer audio streaming over consumer-grade Wi-Fi. Jacoti Lola

makes ubiquitous hearing assistance practical anywhere and by anyone who has

difficulties understanding speech in a noisy environment including students

with hearing loss, children with learning disabilities, or even students with

normal hearing.  

    - myJacoti is a web service that allows users to store their audio profiles

in the cloud, share them across devices, and connect to a remote Hearing Expert

for remote fitting assistance.

    Jacoti Hearing Suite is a concrete solution that is on the forefront of the

shift from a product-based to a user-centered services model in hearing health.

In a recent report on untreated mild to moderate age-related hearing loss, the

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) foresees:

    "...many opportunities for both incremental and disruptive improvements in

assistive hearing technologies, none of which should be intrinsically expensive

in a competitive market. In the near future, people could check their hearing

using automated hearing tests available on-line or through common smart

devices. Interfaces between smart devices and users could allow adaptive

self-fitting by devices in response to user needs."

    Jacoti Hearing Suite will be displayed at CES Unveiled (CES unveiled is

part of CES) and Jacoti bvba will be exhibiting at CES 2016, which runs January

6-9, 2016, in Las Vegas,  Nevada.

    About Jacoti

    Jacoti bvba is a privately held hearing technology company with offices in

Wevelgem, Belgium and in Barcelona, Spain. Jacoti's mission is to bring

advanced hearing technology in reach of large populations with a special focus

on children during their education.

    Accessibility is a right not an option.

    Jacoti bvba http://www.jacoti.com.

    Copyright (c) 2015 by Jacoti, bvba

    All rights are reserved.

    Jacoti retains all rights (including, but not limited to, copyrights,

domain names, trademarks)

    SOURCE: Jacoti bvba