HEARING AID TECHNOLOGY | LIFESTYLE TECHNOLOGY |
Basic Digital | - Most communication is in quiet settings
- Fewer types of listening situations (interacting with friends, family or quieter, leisure activities like gardening)
- May only have one microphone
- Noise canceller
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Standard Digital | - Mildly active lifestyle
- Circuitry flexible enough for fluctuating hearing losses
- Directional microphone(s) to help with noise behind you
- Digital feedback suppression (controls annoying whistling)
- Up to two memories/programs
- Bluetooth accessories available
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Advanced Digital | - More demanding lifestyle
- Varied listening situations on a regular basis (group meetings, dinner in noisy restaurants)
- Circuitry can “read” the environment and switch between settings automatically
- Directional Microphone(s)
- Digital feedback suppression
- Flexible noise reduction
- Cosmetically appealing options
- Multiple memories/programs
- Bluetooth accessories available
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Premium Digital | - Most advanced digital signal processing available
- Occasional challenging listening situations (small gatherings, church/synagogue)
- Tinnitus programs available
- Circuitry can actively "read" the environment and make changes to help understand speech
- Adaptive directionality with two microphones to help with moving noises (restaurants, classrooms, outdoor cafes)
- Fast acting noise reduction
- Digital feedback suppression
- Echo-blocking to help with reverberation (e.g. large auditoriums, warehouses)
- Records and stores listening situations for more customized programs
- Two hearing aids can communicate with each other for optimized noise reduction
- Multiple memories/programs
- Cosmetically appealing options
- Bluetooth accessories available
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