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We innovate to make life better

We don’t innovate just to stay ahead of the competition. We innovate to make life better for people with hearing loss.
We are pioneers responsible for patented innovations that set new industry standards. Our more than 100 dedicated audiologists and R&D professionals work to continuously improve our unique product portfolio.

A few of our firsts

We have a history of being first – introducing in-demand feature sets and game-changing technologies and systems, including:

  • SmartFocus™: the first significant, clinically proven speech-in-noise advancement since directional microphones
  • Moxi™: the new open-fit 312 CRT (canal receiver technology) has it all – full functionality plus wireless features
  • Tandem™: the first CROS/BiCROS hearing instrument to offer the superior performance of an automatic program
  • AntiShock™: the first technology capable of identifying and instantaneously controlling sudden impulse noises, without distorting speech or environmental sounds
  • Smart Alert™ System: the first fully integrated hearing and household alerting system
  • uHear™: the first self-administered hearing screening test for the iPhone™, iPod touch® and iPad® to offer added screening sophistication. uHear was downloaded 500,000 times in its first year alone

Job one: speech understanding

Understanding speech-in-noise is the number-one concern of people wearing hearing instruments. Our audiologists and engineers share a relentless drive to improve client acceptance and satisfaction. Our commitment to this goal is unsurpassed in the hearing industry.

Our clinically proven SmartFocus the most significant advance in making speech-in-noise intelligible in more than a decade. We incorporate speech intelligibility technology into every hearing instrument we make, so everyone benefits.