A new hearing aid called VelocityTM is now available that automatically adjusts as the wearer moves from quiet to noisy environments and when they pick up the phone. It even “speaks” in the ear of the wearer, to provide important information in a friendly voice!
Digital technology has led to the rapid evolution of hearing aids in the last decade. With the release of the ‘latest and greatest’ hearing aid — VelocityTM — it is hard to imagine how much further hearing aid technology can possibly go.
These days, most hearing aids have advanced features to help people cope in difficult situations. However, as someone moves from one situation to another, the levels of these features should change to enable the user to follow conversations in the new environment.
Previously, the wearer would need to consciously assess the changing environment and then select between pre-set programs by pushing a small button on their hearing aids.
But now, with the introduction of the fully automatic VelocityTM, driving hearing aids “manually” is a thing of the past. VelocityTM seamlessly selects optimal settings to suit changing situations and environments. As well as removing the guesswork, this will also be of great benefit to people with dexterity problems, who typically find it difficult to operate small program buttons on their hearing aids.
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Features of the VelocityTM hearing aid |
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• 24 Channel digital sound is customized to the wearer’s individual hearing loss and provides incredible sound quality.
• Universal program automatically optimizes settings by listening to the environment — it also adjusts automatically when the wearer picks up a telephone.
• Noise reduction selectively reduces distracting background noise — such as crowds, traffic and machinery — to provide greater listening comfort.
• Directional focus allows the wearer to concentrate on sounds from the front, while reducing distracting noise from the sides and rear — ideal for conversations in noisy places.
• Voice alerts “speak” to the wearer to relate information such as “low battery”.
• Multiple programs provide the wearer with control whenever they desire it — for example: home, music and noisy shopping centers. |
As Simon Hammond from HEARINGLife explains: “The VelocityTM hearing aid allows the wearer to be reading at home, then head off to a busy shopping center, watch a movie and answer their telephone during the course of a day, without ever having to think about, or adjust, their hearing aids.”
VelocityTM also includes systems that are clinically proven to be the world’s best in assisting wearer’s to understand speech in noisy situations.
To make life even easier, the hearing aid ‘talks’ to provide wearers with important information, such as when batteries are running low. There’s even a choice of female and male voices in six different languages.
HEARINGLife are offering FREE road tests and home trials of the ion400 hearing aid at all of their clinics throughout the USA. To make an appointment, click here.
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