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Times are changing and the need for new tools to provide support has never been higher. The Signia Assistant is founded on over 130 years of audiological experience and trust in the hearing care professional. Build on the Artificial Intelligence technology Neural Networks, it’s able to identify which adjustment suits the current environment best, based on both global and individual learning. For the user it means they can tailor their sound to meet their everyday situation, for the HCP it means a completely new insight tool into their wearer’s real world experience and use of the hearing aids. Relevant for the special situation we’re facing globally: The Assistant is also able to support with handling and troubleshooting and can act as the extended arm of the HCP. In this white paper, the Assistant is put to the test. Let’s see how it performs is real world user studies.

This paper describes in detail how to use the Signia Assistant, both in the Signia App and in Connexx for Hearing Care Professionals.

The StreamLine Mic from Signia is a versatile Bluetooth streaming device and remote microphone all in one. Its Bluetooth functionality allows it to pair to multiple Bluetooth enabled devices including Android and iOS (Apple) devices. And the remote microphone capabilities help make even though most difficult listening situations easier to manage. This white paper examines advantages and the performance of the StreamLine Mic

Options to offer services and solutions based on electronic processes and communication have in recent years been increasingly explored within the entire healthcare industry. Depending on the specific processes and technologies involved, such solutions are often referred to using umbrella terms like eHealth, mHealth, connected health, telemedicine or telehealth, but more field-specific terms have also been introduced.

Audiology Online

Today’s hearing aid fitting and counseling session should extend beyond the traditional hearing aid fitting & counseling protocol, in order to ensure user satisfaction in daily life right from the start. Exploring the benefits of Bluetooth technology and counseling regarding realistic expectations should therefore be routinely provided prior to leaving the Hearing Care Professional’s office. The paper gives detailed guidance how to conduct such an assessment for all manufacturer’s Bluetooth hearing aids, with further tips for Signia products utilizing manufacturer specific tools and features.

Few manufacturers offer technology that incorporates both bilateral full-audio sharing of signals as well as direct streaming from a mobile device. In a comparative research project, the effectiveness of the streaming for such hearing aids was evaluated. The findings reveal a crucial difference between streaming indoors and outdoors, which is important to consider when counseling patients. Results show a substantial streaming advantage for the Signia product, and indicate that a Bluetooth based wireless approach as applied by the competitor brand does not deliver on all basic user needs.

Our goal at Signia has always been to allow our patients to live their lives to the fullest despite hearing loss. Therefore, we develop hearing solutions designed to ease and facilitate communication in a variety of listening situations. This paper describes several of our advanced features on the Nx platform and corresponding studies that demonstrate clinically proven benefit to patients.

The latest study shows that the streaming audio quality of the Signia Nx ITC instruments have achieved “best-in-class” audio streaming as compared to the only competitive custom streaming device.

Canadian Audiologist

How does Pure Charge&Go stack up against leading competitor hearing aids? A study was conducted in April 2018 with 100 participants to find out.

An increasing number of wearers are relying on Bluetooth to stream phone calls to their hearing aids. Some options on the market which feature streaming to both ears contend that the bilateral signal fosters better speech intelligibility, but is this supported by research evidence, or just conjecture?

Connectivity is undoubtedly one of the most im-portant topics in the hearing aid industry today. While most people immediately associate the word connectivity with being able to link their hearing aids with electronic devices such as smartphones, in a genuinely patient-centric hearing system the ap-plication of connectivity encompasses more than simply connecting to personal electronic devices.

This AudiologyOnline article describes Nx improvements in sound quality.

AudiologyOnline.com

Since the introduction of TeleCare, anonymous analytics data shows that there have been more than 150,000 patient-professional interactions around the world, including 5,000 remote tuning interactions. With this large amount of data available, valuable insights can be deduced to help hearing care professionals improve their service and business success. Learn what Signia TeleCare can do for your practice and what's new with version 3.0.

The myControl App 2.0 provides the wearer with a convenient way to control their Bluetooth direct-streaming hearing aids as well as to monitor their hearing performance closely. Here is how to use the app.

When working with Signia Nx Bluetooth hearing aids such as Pure Nx, TeleCare 3.0 turns the patient’s Apple or Android smartphone into a programming interface, and enables full remote programming functionality via Connexx. Here is how to do it.

Since the introduction of TeleCare, anonymous analytics data shows that there have been more than 150,000 patient-professional interactions around the world, including 5,000 remote tuning interactions. With this large amount of data available, valuable insights can be deduced to help hearing care professionals improve their service and business success. Learn what Signia TeleCare can do for your practice and what's new with version 3.0.

The myControl App 2.0 provides the wearer with a convenient way to control their Signia Bluetooth hearing aids according to their needs as well as to monitor their hearing performance closely.

While hearing aid users often wear their hearing aids for music listening, they are frequently dissatisfied with the sound quality of music. This AudiologyOnline article details a study which describes music sound quality ratings between the universal and music programs of five premier market hearing aids, and which hearing aid achieves the best overall sound quality ratings.

AudiologyOnline, August 2017

Study shows that Signia Pure 13 BT consistently received the highest mean ratings compared to the average of the four competitor products. This advantage held true for five different genres of music and for a streamed mobile phone speech signal. Signia Pure 13 BT also was rated considerably higher than the other products regarding annoying artifacts.

Canadian Audiologist, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2017

The second generation of TeleCare builds up on the success of TeleCare 1.0 to improve the link between the HCP and the user.