Hear what everyone’s saying
Journalists, independent labs, and patients weigh in on how Fortell AI Hearing Aids stand apart.
The Hearing Aid That Plays It by Ear
“He tried six different hearing aids, but wasn’t happy with any of them…‘I wanted cognitively transparent improvement in my hearing, not just an increase in volume.’ He made an appointment at Fortell.”
“Taking on a 30-year hearing aid monopoly.”
“For about 50 hours, I had a chance to listen to the future.”
“Fortell really did crack the Cocktail Party Problem.”
The Fortell Film
How Fortell was built
This documentary shares an in-depth look at the people, the custom chip, and the years of work behind Fortell AI Hearing Aids.
Clinical research
Proven in clinical trials
We tested Fortell in the hardest-to-hear conditions, then put the results through peer review.
Published in International Journal of Audiology
10x
more words understood versus the leading AI hearing aid in challenging noise1
Published in International Journal of Audiology
95%
of participants preferred Fortell over premium hearing aids from 5 major manufacturers2
1. Results from “Spatial AI Improves Speech Intelligibility for Hearing Aid Wearers in Challenging Multitalker Noise,” International Journal of Audiology (2026).
2. Results from “Spatial AI Consistently Preferred to State-of-the-Art Hearing Aids in Multitalker Noise,” International Journal of Audiology (2026).
Independent reviews
The outside verdict
A leading sound lab, award judges, and our own patients all reached the same conclusion.
Independent lab testing
A record score from the world’s premier sound lab
Fortell AI Hearing Aids outperformed every hearing aid tested by the world’s premier sound lab, achieving a record 6.0 SoundScore on a scale designed to max out at 5.
4.9
Patient stories
In their words
“All I ever hoped for was for my hearing not to get worse. For it to get better was more than I could have ever hoped for.”
Libby
New York
“With other hearing aids, I heard all sounds... Now I only hear what I want to hear.”
Jon
Chicago
“In the middle of rush hour I could hear the voices and not the noise.”
Andres
New York
From the blog
Worth a read
The research, data, and engineering behind our work, directly from the Fortell team.
The data behind Fortell’s biggest AI upgrade since launch
The difference between our original AI and our newest model is like pulling your chair 35% closer to the person you’re trying to hear.
The story behind Fortell’s custom AI chip
Our proprietary chip moves hearing technology out of the era of incremental improvements and into the intelligence era of hearing.
Clinical Research: The Impact of Spatial AI on Speech Intelligibility
This study asks: Does Fortell’s Spatial AI meaningfully improve speech intelligibility compared to the leading AI hearing aid?
On the record
The Best Inventions of 2026
The Hearing Aid That Plays It by Ear
Next Billion Dollar Startups
Alumni-Made AI Hearing Aids Help a Hoops Coach and Others
At 56, I woke to silence: the strange, sudden loss that changed everything
New AI-powered Fortell hearing aid tackles the age-old problem of noise
Have you heard the whispers about an AI hearing aid revolution?
Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?
Why Thrive, Founders Fund, and Antonio Gracias are betting on hearing aids
His new AI-powered hearing aids are the tech equivalent of the polio vaccine to the iron lung
