Octicon Digital Hearing Aid – Two Cosmetic Looks

Oticon A/S announced today the introduction of Adapto Power; a new, fully digital hearing aid for severely hearing impaired people. Depending heavily on their hearing instruments, this group is among the most challenging to fit. Every improvement in the development of advanced hearing solutions can have a crucial effect on their quality-of-life.

At Oticon’s Research Centre Eriksholm highly skilled audiologists, engineers and physicists have extensively researched the needs and expectations of those with severe hearing loss. The results have led to the development of Adapto Power. This new state-of-the-art instrument offers unprecedented improvement by providing more gain, a more comfortable listing experience and highly flexible, personalised tools that can be tailored to the individual’s needs.

Speech understanding without feedback

New findings show that many Power users benefit significantly from amplification in the highfrequencies. However, due to the risk of unpleasant whistling, sufficient gain has been difficult or even impossible to supply in this region. Adapto Power sets a new standard for providing optimal conditions for audibility and speech understanding. With help of an advanced, extremely effective Dynamic Feedback Cancellation system, Adapto Power is able to add more gain in the high frequencies and optimise conditions for speech understanding and maximum audibility – without the risk of feedback.

All-day listening comfort

Even the smallest speech cues can be of significance for people with severe hearing loss. Therefore, it is important that all speech information comes through. This often results in an exposure to very high output levels, causing strain and fatigue. Adapto Power uses an intelligent speech detection system, called VoiceFinder, which analyses all incoming signals precisely and consistently for the presence of speech. As soon as speech is detected, the VoiceFinder ensures maximum speech understanding even in difficult listening situations. When no speech is present, the VoiceFinder switches to a comfort mode, gently tuning out background noise to relief from unnecessary strain and fatigue.

Special solutions for special needs

Meeting the special needs of Power users is more than merely a question of providing sufficient power. Adapto Power uses three dedicated rationales to meet the challenges associated with treating a severe hearing loss. Taking special factors, such as auditory resolution, into account, Oticon’s advanced fitting software Genie prescribes the rationale that yields the best probability for a successful fit.

Adapto Power is available in two cosmetically attractive styles, an In-the-Ear and Behind-the-Ear Power solution, offering a wide range of options. The instruments are extremely flexible in terms of configuration possibilities and compatibility with Assistive Listening Devices. In addition, Adapto Power draws on the benefits of the OpenEar Acoustics system, making it possible to provide ventilation of up to 2 mm to help alleviate perspiration and skin irritation.

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