Digital Hearing Aid – Flexible Prices For Digital Features

In an effort to help more hearing impaired people with a hearing solution that offers state-of-the-art digital technology at an affordable price, Oticon A/S has introduced Atlas, an exceptional new line of fully digital hearing instruments.

Never before has it been possible to offer a hearing aid with a comparable selection of digital features and flexibility at such an attractive price. Oticon A/S has made a dedicated effort to combine state-of-the-art technology and audiology with the latest production methods to offer an affordable solution for the majority of people with hearing loss. An important development for the estimated 500 million hearing impaired people worldwide.

In order to be able to offer Atlas at an attractive price, the instruments has been specifically designed for industrial manufacture by robots. Using a minimum of components, the robotic assembly not only ensures reduced production costs but also increases reliability considerably.

Outstanding Performance

A pioneer in the development of advanced digital hearing aids and successful audiological tools, Oticon provides Atlas with a range of successful proven digital features, such as two-channel non-linear amplification, fully automatic operation, adaptation manager, four frequency shaping bands and an automatic feedback manager. In addition, the Atlas instruments offer a clear and comfortable digital sound quality.

Quick Acceptance

Atlas uses the well-known rationales NAL-NL and DSL i/o to ensure quick fitting and good overall benefits for the user. Quick user acceptance is ensured with the adaptation manager and through a carefully designed compression strategy. The adaptation manager facilitates the acclimatisation process and the compression system in Atlas uses short attack times to ensure comfort and long release times to deliver a good comfort and good overall benefit for the majority of users. The instruments can be fitted with the latest version 2.0 of Oticon’s easy-to-operate fitting platform Genie or the hand-held programmer EasyFit version 6.0. To assist the counselling process in an effective way, Genie offers an integrated fine-tuning guide and a comprehensive selection of sounds and pictures.

Superior Looks

The Atlas family offers cosmetically attractive solutions and a wide selection of styles and options. From tiny Completely-in-the-Canal (CIC) instruments - some of the smallest in the world - to Behind-the-Ear instruments (BTE) housed in an award-winning light and slim shell design. All instruments have superior battery performance and the Atlas family includes a number of attractive options such as programmable volume control and programmable telecoil.

About The Author:

Nick Town is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.digital-hearing-aids-n-protection.com. Finding out more about hearing loss, so you can choose the digital hearing aids or therapy that is necessary.