Audeze Bows Electrostatic Headphones for MRI Patients

Audeze is launching electrostatic headphones for the medical industry that are designed to alleviate acoustic issues associated with MRI testing, the company said Monday. Patient stress and movements during MRI exams, amid loud sound-pressure levels, can make scans unusable for diagnostic purposes. Audeze created a new transducer technology to eliminate the acoustic problems associated with MRI. Audeze’s electrostatic design with embedded carbon nanotubes solves issues with coated diaphragms that have been used in previous electrostatic speaker designs, said the company. Audeze worked with UCLA professor Mark Cohen on the noise-canceling headphones.