It gives more gain to soft sounds than loud sounds we let them go transparently through the hearing aid. The first piece to our superior sound quality is our compressor. Four categories of algorithms in Surround Sound by ReSound. These are all the signal processing algorithms that are important to a patient wearing the hearing aid.įigure 1. I describe this as four buckets of algorithms: model, clean, balance, and stabilize (Figure 1). We call our signal processing Surround Sound by ReSound. The chip is where we enable our entire signal processing in the hearing aid.
We have the full line of compatible accessories, along with the made-for-iPhone feature. We have more experience doing this than anyone else. We do have ear-to-ear processing in LiNX, just as we did in Verso. This is the fastest hearing aid platform in the world. The SmartRange chip is a dual-core digital signal processing (DSP) and a wireless platform all in one.
You can change the programs and do everything a remote control can do plus more.
Smart Control is an app that you can download from the App store, from which you will be to control the hearing aid. It takes everything we have today in our Verso hearing aid and adds the direct-to-iPhone piece. The third-generation chip in the ReSound LiNX is called the SmartRange chip.
In this hearing aid, we added direct ear-to-ear connection so that the signal processing could take place binaurally. In 2012, we released the Verso hearing aid on the second generation 2.4 GHz chip called the Range II. This was running at 2.4 GHz, and it could do a couple of things such as wireless fitting using AirLink and wireless connection to our accessories. In 2010, we introduced the ReSound Alera to the market. Very importantly, there is no need to wear an intermediary device around your neck, because it streams directly from the iPhone or our accessories to the hearing aid. Additionally, there is no delay or echo in sound transmission. It is a robust signal with very clear sound quality. 2.4 GHz provides direct streaming in stereo. When we made the decision to go with 2.4 GHz, we knew this would be the frequency on which we would be connecting to consumer electronics and technologies such as Bluetooth. We have been using 2.4 GHz since we launched Alera in 2010. This is ReSound’s smallest wireless receiver-in-the ear hearing aid to date. We had to have a new chip in this product made specifically for the iPhone component. The LiNX is powered by the SmartRange chip, which is our third generation, 2.4 GHz wireless chip. The high-end ReSound Verso is in the ReSound LiNX today, but we have added a few more features that you would expect in a premium hearing aid. It includes our compressor, noise reduction and feedback control. Surround Sound by ReSound is ReSound’s highest-level signal processing strategy. The ReSound LiNX is part of ReSound’s longstanding Surround Sound platform.
That includes phone calls, music, navigation instructions or Siri, and much more, without any intermediary devices in between. What does that mean? This means that everything audible in the iPhone will come directly to the hearing aid. This product is the world’s first made-for-iPhone hearing aid. Laurel Christensen: I would like to welcome you today to this course entitled ReSound LiNX: Superior Amplification and a Direct iPhone Connection. Editor’s Note: This text course is an edited transcript of a live webinar.