Oticon’s powerful new Inium sound processing platform powers its flagship Alta family of high-performance hearing aids. Inium features wireless binaural processing to facilitate the exchange of vital sound information between both ears, as well as a new, more powerful digital signal processor that enables more advanced feedback cancellation. The result is a more natural, authentic sound experience.
In its interim financial report for the first quarter of 2013 Oticon parent William Demant Holdings credited Inium and the successful Alta product launch with a positive sales trajectory and that “organic revenue growth in the Group’s wholesale of hearing aids in 2013 is expected to exceed market growth by 3-5 percentage points.”
Alta hearing aids also feature Speech Guard E to protect the clarity of speech in noisy background environments and Spatial Sound Premium technology that enables users follow conversations that come from different directions. Alta automatically focuses on conversation that is taking place in front of the user and adjusts as users turn from one conversation to another.
The Inium processing platform also improves the performance of Oticon’s ConnectLine wireless peripherals enabling Alta users to connect easily and wirelessly to landline and cell phones, office phones, TVs, music, video chatting and streaming, and teleloop systems, FM and more.