AI is the "technological ingenuity" in Sonova's double launch of flagship Phonak Infinio hearing aids

The Switzerland-based manufacturer says its new DEEPSONIC chip has been many years in development and will provide the computation for real-time solutions to speech-in-noise.

Peter WIX, Published on 06 August 2024

AI is the “technological ingenuity” in Sonova’s double launch of flagship Phonak Infinio hearing aids
Sonova's hearing aid brand Phonak is bursting into the marketplace again...not with just one platform, but two, both bringing solutions for what the manufacturer identifies as the key to needing hearing aids: understanding speech in background noise. Parallel to the launch of Phonak Audéo Sphere Infinio, a hearing aid using real-time artificial intelligence through a proprietary AI chip, Sonova is also launching the Phonak Audéo Infinio platform. The first of these, Audéo Sphere Infinio, builds on Sonova’s new and proprietary dual-chip technology. So, that's two chips - DEEPSONIC and ERA, the first applying real-time AI to sound processing. And with this chip Sonova claims to set new standards for sound quality, connectivity and power management – all critical needs for people with hearing loss – along with helping to improve speech understanding and conversation quality. Customers can expect the new hearing...

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