Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. introduced its next-generation Micon technology platform, driven by a microprocessor chip with twice the power of previous Siemens hearing-aid sound processing systems. The new processor executes 250 million instructions per second, enabling 48 channels of amplification in Siemens hearing aids.
The Micon technology is integrated in the new Siemens Ace hearing-aid family as well as new versions of the current Siemens Pure, Life and Aquaris hearing aid families introduced at the 57th International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians 2012 (EUHA) in Frankfurt this week.
The new Micon platform technology enables improvements to the Siemens BestSound hearing-aid sound processing software, including:
- Optimized directional speech enhancement and noise reduction in 48 channels, for better understanding in challenging environments.
- Expanded amplification to higher frequencies, up to 12 kHz, for natural sound quality and a brilliant listening experience.
- Faster and smarter feedback cancellation.
- Advanced frequency compression capabilities so wearers can hear sounds that were previously outside their range of hearing.
- Continuous “learning” of personal volume preferences with automatic amplification adjustments.
- Automatic recognition of multiple defined hearing situations and instinctively adjusts to wearers’ “learned” settings.
The new Ace receiver-in-the-canal hearing aid is the smallest open-fit behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid in the Siemens Hearing product line and is for users with mild-to-moderately-severe hearing loss.