Purpose-driven technologies

Our work has the power to change lives. We listen closely to the concerns, challenges and aspirations of people with hearing loss and the professionals who support them, and respond with purpose-driven technologies:

features that solve real-life, everyday challenges in every product category
advanced technologies to deliver practical benefits – simplifying rather than complicating
rigorous product engineering, audiological and field testing to ensure flawless performance and client acceptance

Latest innovative technologies

Technologies that provide unprecedented client control and wireless connectivty

Communication technologies

Enhance speech and minimize noise for improved listening in multiple environments

SmartFocus™
SmartFocus™ is a revolutionary feature which provides adjustments over the combination of four parameters: microphone strategy, speech enhancement, noise reduction and overall gain. The ability to customize smartFocus within each destination of the automatic program, along with the manual programs, promotes clearer, more engaging communication for your clients.
Available in Passport | Latitude

Comfort-Clarity Balance
Comfort-Clarity Balance gives clients real-time control over adaptive speech enhancement and noise reduction. Now, in addition to volume, clients can simultaneously adjust speech enhancement and noise reduction to emphasize clarity or comfort in diverse situations.
Available in Yuu | Next

Speech Enhancement LD
Level dependent speech enhancement technology identifies the presence of speech and increases gain in any of the bands where it is the dominant signal component. Level dependent technology permits the application of greater gain while maintaining signal stability and comfort.
Available in Passport | Tandem | Yuu | Latitude | Next

Multiband Adaptive Directional Microphones
Multiband adaptive directional system optimizes the most challenging listening situations with a range of directional strategies: omni directional, fixed directional, or multiband adaptive directional – for both automatic and manual programs.
Available in Passport | Tandem | Yuu | Latitude | 360

Speech Enhancement SP - Super Power
Speech enhancement is taken to a whole new level with a selectable strength of up to 8 dB. Adaptive in nature, speech enhancement SP detects speech and then only applies extra gain where it’s needed. Integrated technologies ensure improved speech clarity and ease of listening through sophisticated separation of speech and environmental noise.
Available in 360

Wireless technologies

Wireless programming for improved clarity on landline and cell phones, stereo quality sound from the television, synchronized adjustments and Bluetooth® enabled devices

Binaural Phone
Wirelessly streams the audio signal from landline and cell phone calls to both ears without requiring an accessory. Accessed on Smart Control remote or through the easy-t phone program.
Available in Passport | Latitude

uDirect™
uDirect™, a neck-worn device, acts as an interface between the hearing instrument and Bluetooth® enabled devices, wired audio input signals, or FM transmitted signals. One of two wireless streaming programs, uPhone or uAudio, is automatically activated when uDirect receives the appropriate signal. Udirect offers clearer reception; clearer transmission on Bluetooth enabled cell phones; binaural listening improves comprehension.
Available in Passport | Latitude

uTV™
uTV™ wirelessly receives and transmits exceptionally high-quality stereo sound directly to the hearing instruments. With a simple set-up, uTV acts as a communication interface between the TV and the hearing instruments. Now listeners can enjoy crystal-clear stereo sound, and their viewing companions can enjoy TV at a normal, comfortable volume. Available in Passport | Latitude

DuoLink
Convenient and discreet control, duoLink binaurally synchronizes program or volume adjustments eliminating the need for hearing instrument control redundancy. DuoLink can be set up to work with our easy-t feature, automatically triggering program changes in both hearing instruments and/or increasing speech volume in the phone ear or muting the non-phone ear entirely.
Available in Passport | Latitude

Wireless Programming
iCube is a straightforward programming device for wireless-enable hearing instruments. The client wears the iCube around their neck allowing you to perform wireless programming that is efficient and flexible.
Available in Passport | Latitude