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Florida Hearing Care Centers Presents....
STARKEY IQ TECHNOLOGY:
Anyone who has gone to dinner in a noisy restaurant only to
discover their hearing aids were amplifying the cacophony to
unbearable levels without enabling them to understand their
companions at all will bear witness to the fact that better
comprehension of speech in noise is the Holy Grail of the hearing-aid
industry. The new S Series IQ hearing-aid family from Starkey
Laboratories is a big step in the right direction.
It’s been known for years that constant improvements
in the speed and processing power of digital signal processors
should logically enable better algorithms for comprehending
speech in noise. But solutions that work well have been a
long time coming. That’s because digital sound processing
technology enabling hearing-aid users to better understand
speech-in-noise is a game of milliseconds. It’s excruciatingly
difficult to come up with algorithms fast enough to sample
the speech and background noise inputs in real time and separate
the wheat from the chaff: the processing system must separate
the useful speech from the harmful background noise, and then
actively amplify the good and suppress the bad.
Starkey says its new Voice IQ technology is fast enough to
diminish background noise in the milliseconds-long gap between
the syllables of spoken speech, eliminating one of the most
critical source of noise that severely impairs understanding
of speech in noise. The system, developed over three years
at the Starkey Hearing Research Center in Berkeley California,
classifies inputs every six milliseconds and adapts every
20 milliseconds — processing speeds that were nearly
unimaginable just a few years ago.
Starkey claims that the better comprehension delivered by
the new system enables measurable reductions in listening
effort. “During clinical trials, experienced users found
significant improvement in their ability to communicate with
greatly reduced cognitive fatigue compared to their own hearing
aids,” the company said in its announcement. The concept
of cognitive fatigue due to poor speech recognition has become
increasingly important in recent years as researchers have
uncovered direct links between poor speech cognition and poor
job performance, higher stress levels, and stress- and fatigue-related
illnesses.
The S Series IQ family comes in a range of styles including
behind-the-ear (BTE) and in-ear receiver in the canal (RIC)
and open-fit mini BTE form factors. Integrating Starkey’s
InVision directional microphone system, it is a new flagship
family to lead the company’s broad line of hearing aids.
S Series iQ,
featuring Voice iQ, a new noise reduction and speech preservation
system.
S Series iQ OtoLens, an
invisible-in-the-canal (IIC) hearing aid.
S Series iQ Hearing Aid Brochures
Download a brochure to learn more about the S Series iQ family
of products and OtoLens, the 100% custom, invisible hearing
aid.
S Series iQ Family Brochure
(PDF 946KB)
S Series iQ OtoLens Brochure
(PDF 402KB)
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OTOLENS
OtoLens, by Starkey Labs, is the first commercially-viable
Deep Insertion Canal (DCA) hearing aid using advanced
digital modeling and advanced micro-chip packaging techniques
to minimize overall size. The OtoLens incorporates the
full range of S-Series performance.
DESTINY SERIES
Destiny is the most complete and advanced line of hearing
instruments, designed to fit the widest range of patients
and lifestyles.
S SERIES
S Series with Drive Architecture™ is Starkey's
new line of hearing aids where industry-leading technology
meets real life to create an unparalleled listening
experience
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