This year’s CES 2021, or Consumer Electronics Show, is recognizing two hearing aids as
innovation award honorees, the Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing aid and the Widex Moment hearing aid.
Today, I’m talking about the four cutting edge technologies
that make these hearing aids so exceptional. Coming up!
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Today, I’m talking about how the Starkey Livio Edge AI and Widex Moment hearing aids use four
cutting edge technologies to greatly improve the overall user experience.
Make sure to watch until the end of this video where I’ll discuss a bonus technology feature
that makes one of these devices even more unique.
Technology #1 AI or artificial intelligence
Both of these hearing aids use Artificial Intelligence machine learning to listen to your
environment and to improve the sound quality. On the Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing aid,
you have access to this AI technology with Edge mode by double tapping on the hearing aid.
The Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing aid can sit behind the ear or be custom molded
to fit inside the ear. On the Widex Moment hearing aid, you can access this AI technology
using the SoundSense Learn feature which is available on the Widex Moment Smartphone App.
This Widex Moment hearing aid AI technology is available in the styles that sit behind the ear.
Technology #2 Rechargeable batteries
If you're interested in hearing aids, rechargeable devices are very convenient
since you no longer have to remove or replace disposable hearing aid batteries.
The Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing aid offers rechargeable batteries for all of their models,
from custom molded devices that sit inside the ear to those that sit behind the ear. The Widex
Moment hearing aid offers this technology as well in its devices that sit behind the ear.
Now, there’s a few more exciting technologies in these hearing aid devices that you need to
know about, but first please like this video and subscribe to Pro Fit Hearing.
Comment below which of these features excite you the most?
Technology #3 Smartphone app control
Starkey has the Thrive Hearing Control App. This gives you access to custom sound controls
as well as fitness and brain tracking data, fall alerts, hearing aid checks, language translation,
voice assistant, remote connection to healthcare providers, and more.
Widex has the Widex Moment App. This gives you access to custom
sound tuning as well as Artificial Intelligence sound adjustment.
Technology #4 Bluetooth Streaming
The Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing aid can stream audio directly from an iPhone and some Android
devices. This feature is available in their custom molded hearing aids that sit inside the ear
as well as those that sit behind the ear. The Widex Moment hearing aid can stream
audio directly from an iPhone to their hearing aids that sit behind the ear.
Bluetooth streaming can be very helpful for hearing your best
while you’re using the telephone or enjoying media on your smartphone.
Ok, so now for those of you who have stayed to the end, I’ll mention my last bonus feature
that you’ll find specifically in the Widex Moment hearing aid.
The Widex Moment uses their ZeroDelay technology also referred to as Widex PureSound. This is
ultrafast sound processing so that the delay between the incoming sound at the microphone
and outgoing processed sound from the hearing aid is less than 0.5 milliseconds.
This incredible speed helps reduce the comb filter effect, which is that hollow metallic
type sound that hearing aids experience due to sound wave interference from the sound
delays inside the ear canal. This technology allows for superior sound quality especially
for people with mild to moderate hearing loss that may use a more open fitting hearing aid.
So to summarize, the Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing aid and the Widex Moment hearing aid both offer
AI technology to improve the user experience. Currently, the Widex moment hearing aid has AI
technology available only in the styles that sit behind the ear. The Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing
aid offers AI technology in the styles that sit behind the ear as well as inside the ear.
Both of these hearing aids offer rechargeable batteries, however Widex offers this feature
only in the styles that sit behind the ear while Starkey offers it in all styles of hearing aids.
While both Starkey and Widex offer an App for their hearing aids,
the Starkey App provides a wider range of control and functionality than the Widex App.
If you’re interested in audio streaming, the Starkey Livio Edge AI hearing aid
provides more direct streaming connectivity options than the Widex Moment hearing aid.
Also, the ZeroDelay technology referred to as Widex PureSound
is an exciting feature offered only in the Widex Moment hearing aid.
Now, both of these hearing aids offer outstanding technology that will assist
you in hearing your best, however ask your audiologist or hearing aid
dispenser which hearing aid model they recommend for your specific needs.
To learn more about the latest hearing aid technology,
watch my upcoming Best Hearing Aids of 2021 video series.
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