Key problem: understanding Speech in Noise
Over the years, the one hearing problem that has never changed and remains the main challenge faced by most hearing aid users is understanding speech in noise.
Ambient noise has consistently posed a significant challenge for those with hearing loss. The poorer your hearing is, the more difficult it is to achieve speech understanding in noise. Despite significant improvements in noise reduction capabilities in past hearing aid technology, communication in noisy environments such as busy restaurant, coffee shop, social gatherings remain the biggest challenge faced by many hearing aid users.
Background noise can interfere the hearing organ more easily for those suffering from sensorineural hearing as compared to those with normal hearing and together with loss of frequency resolution (difficulty hearing the pitch clearly even when the sound is amplified to the required sensation level), it is not surprising to see many seniors with aging related hearing loss are concerned with the discomfort and speech intelligibility issues in noise. This remains one of the main factors that discourages many to start using hearing aids.
Game changing technology in hearing speech in noise
For many years, the process of reducing noise in hearing aid uses primarily directional microphones and spectrum noise cancellation techniques which have it limitations on optimising speech intelligibility in dynamic, ever changing noisy situations. The new AI and de-noising feature is a game changer in transforming the noise reduction process to bring about the much-needed clarity and ease of better hearing.
- DEEPSONICTM – dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) chip with Deep Neural Network (DNN)
- Powerful de-noising feature
- Rechargeable technology, Wireless Bluetooth Technology
- Easy to use and effective to use
Unlocking unprecedented speech clarity in a world of noise. Phonak Audeo Sphere Infinio, the latest AI enabled Swiss-engineered hearing solution.
AI is now finding its way into virtually all industries, from social media monitoring and marketing chatbots to self-driving cars and with increasing sophistication. Now, AI with deep neural network (DNN) is also being applied to hearing aids.
The latest AI enabled hearing aid Phonak Audeo Sphere Infinio is the world’s first hearing aid with a dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) chip, DEEPSONICTM which hosts a DNN algorithm that significantly suppresses the background noise from any direction, leading to remarkable speech intelligibility improvements. With AI enabled hearing aid. The Sphere Infinio hearing aid series by Switzerland based Phonak is “trained “to emulates human like perception in sound recognition and processing which recognizes acoustic situations in real time and address the de-noising task directly by differentiating between wanted and unwanted sounds and removing the latter from the signal.
Coupled with rechargeable technology and wireless Bluetooth connectivity, Phonak Audeo Sphere Infinio hearing aids connect to more Bluetooth enabled devices than any other hearing aids in the world and stream directly to both iOS and Android devices. With wireless Bluetooth connectivity, listening to mobile phone conversations and TV programs has become an easy and enjoyable experience again.
AI based hearing aid Phonak Sphere Infinio has brought hearing aid technology to the next level.
Being in the moment has never been easier. Read the Phonak Audeo Sphere Infinio hearing aid brochure here. Audeo Sphere Infinio Brochure