Hearing 101

How Fortell Helped this Artist Reconnect with Her World

When you’re an international artist, communication is everything. For Meryl, conventional hearing aids weren’t cutting it. They amplified both speech and noise, leaving her struggling to follow conversations in noisy places. Read Meryl’s story to see how Fortell helped her reconnect to the things that matter most: art, theater, and the people she loves.

Real Stories
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April 2026
How Fortell Helped this Artist Reconnect with Her World

How Do AI Hearing Aids Work?

Is AI the key to clearer hearing? Many hearing aids now feature AI, but they don't all use it in the same way or to solve the same problem. Learn how Fortell's AI helps you focus on the people you want to hear while naturally softening the background noise around you.

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April 2026
How Do AI Hearing Aids Work?

How Fortell Helped Rajen Find His Way Back to the Family Table

After two decades of missing pieces of the conversation and withdrawing from family dinners, retired finance director Rajen thought he’d simply lost his seat at the table. See how he got back in the conversation with Fortell.

Real Stories
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April 2026
How Fortell Helped Rajen Find His Way Back to the Family Table

Back in the action: How Fortell helped Jon restore his social life

Fortell’s AI-powered hearing aids helped Jon cut through background noise and enjoy conversations again. Read his story.

Real Stories
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April 2026
Back in the action: How Fortell helped Jon restore his social life

Why Fortell Built its Own AI Chip, and Why it Matters

For thirty years, hearing aids relied on rigid sound processing that struggled to separate speech from background noise. To break this ceiling, Fortell bypassed off-the-shelf components to design a custom, AI-native chip.

Product
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March 2026
Why Fortell Built its Own AI Chip, and Why it Matters

Signal Over Noise: How Fortell Helped Cory Reclaim the Conversation

Cory struggled with hearing aids and eventually decided not to wear them at all. He relied on lip reading for 15 years, until he discovered Fortell.

Real Stories
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March 2026
Signal Over Noise: How Fortell Helped Cory Reclaim the Conversation

A Letter from the Founders of Fortell

The story of how Fortell came to be. Most people understand hearing loss as an ear problem. But that’s only half the story.

News
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December 2025
A Letter from the Founders of Fortell

About Hearing Loss

Most people understand hearing loss as an ear problem. But that’s only half the story.

Clinical Research
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December 2025
About Hearing Loss

In Blinded Trial, 95% of Participants Preferred Fortell Over Top Competitors

From the start, our mission at Fortell has been to build a hearing aid worth building: one that would sound meaningfully better in noise.

Clinical Research
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December 2025
In Blinded Trial, 95% of Participants Preferred Fortell Over Top Competitors

Clinical Trial Demonstrates Breakthrough Intelligibility Gains with Fortell

Clinical Research
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December 2025
Clinical Trial Demonstrates Breakthrough Intelligibility Gains with Fortell