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Revolutionizing Audio: Hearvana Secures $6M for Hearing Health Tech

1/2/2026

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Audio technology is evolving to prioritize hearing health, Miikka Tikander of Bang & Olufsen said at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Headphone Technology conference in Espoo, Finland, where manufacturers highlighted active noise cancellation.
Hearvana, co-founded by Shyam Gollakota, is pursuing "semantic hearing" technology that lets users isolate specific sounds while blocking others, such as ocean sounds at the beach.
Hearvana recently secured $6 million in funding to develop its technology.

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Audio technology is evolving to prioritize hearing health, Miikka Tikander of Bang & Olufsen said at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Headphone Technology conference in Espoo, Finland, where manufacturers highlighted active noise cancellation.
Hearvana, co-founded by Shyam Gollakota, is pursuing "semantic hearing" technology that lets users isolate specific sounds while blocking others, such as ocean sounds at the beach.
Hearvana recently secured $6 million in funding to develop its technology.