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Unitron Hearing Aids | Discount Hearing Aids

April 2nd, 2011 by Paul Minikin

Unitron are a Canadian hearing aid manufacturer with a heritage of more than 40 years developing hearing aid technology. Their UK base is in Warrington.

Unitron Hearing puts the advantages of digital hearing instruments within everyone’s reach with the most comprehensive line-up of digital products designed to meet every lifestyle, hearing loss, and budget.

Unitron have been very successful recently with their Tandem range of wireless CROS / BiCROS products, which cater for single sided deafness by sending a wireless audio signal from the deaf side to the hearing / hearing impaired best side.

Current Unitron hearing aids in the range are Unitron Passport, Unitron Latitude, Unitron Tandem and Unitron 360.

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Siemens Nitro | Discount Hearing Aids

March 31st, 2011 by Paul Minikin

Siemens Nitro is the Super Power solution that goes beyond power. Its sophisticated technology offers you great versatility, helping you enjoy and understand conversations with the utmost ease. It even allows you effortless and wireless connectivity to your favourite audio devices.

The Nitro BTE (Behind-The-Ear) and custom instruments provide a complete range of options for a variety of hearing requirements. From behind-the-ear intelligence to in-the-ear discretion, Siemens Nitro will help you enjoy the power of words like never before.

Siemens Nitro has a number of outstanding features;

SoundSmoothing – This revolutionary algorithm automatically softens startling or impulsive sounds for more comfortable listening, even in difficult environments.

FeedbackStopper – Nitro custom instruments are equipped with FeedbackStopper, which automatically eliminates feedback whistling quickly and reliably before it happens. Feedback cancellation comes as standard with all Nitro BTE instruments.

SoundBalance SP – While Nitro turns down unwanted sounds, it also boosts important ones. SoundBalance SP automatically increases the volume of low frequency sounds such as vowels. This not only gives you a better understanding of speech, but also improves your perception of loudness.

SoundLearning 2.0 – Nitro custom instruments come with SoundLearning 2.0, which automatically adapts to your volume and sound preferences, for each individual listening environment.

Compatibility – Nitro BTE instruments work with all modern means of improving speech clarity, including Direct Audio Input and Telecoil. They are also compatible with Tek, the wireless enhancement system from Siemens.

Nitro offers several refined features designed to make hearing both natural and comfortable. And they are very versatile, so they work intuitively and in unison. Which means you won’t have to worry about any adjustments. In fact, you’ll have nothing on your mind but a pleasant, more polished hearing experience

Some of the versatile features of Nitro BTE instruments:

Tek wireless connectivity – Using Bluetooth technology, feeds audio signals from personal audio equipment, televisions, or mobile phones directly into your Nitro BTE instruments.

AutoPhone – Automatically switches to the telephone mode when a phone is brought to the ear – so calls are easy to take, and understand.

Adaptive Directional Microphone – Proven to enhance speech clarity in noise by automatically focusing on signals in front and attenuating noise from the side and behind.

Automatic direct audio input – Connects to external audio sources, such as FM systems in schools, bringing the teacher’s voice directly into your ears.

Adaptive T-coil – Provides improved audibility and speech intelligibility and sound comfort when using induction loops available in many theatres and places of worship.

SoundSmoothing – Suppresses annoying impulsive non-speech sounds (e.g. clanging dishes) by quickly softening them.

e2e wireless synchronisation – Provides true binaural hearing by synchronising both Nitro BTE instruments.

Siemens Tek – lifestyle-enhancing wireless technology connects with:

* Mobile phones: Links via Bluetooth to let you make and take hands-free calls directly through your Nitro BTE instruments.

* TVs and audio players: Audio content is streamed in true digital stereo sound into your Nitro BTE instruments for disturbance-free listening.

* Tek Connect remote control: Slips easily into a pocket or handbag for discreet fingertip functionality, and wireless listening on the go.

* SoundBalance SP: Activated by Tek Connect, it allows you to control loudness perception and audibility of speech.

Siemens Nitro are hearing instruments that pack a punch of power so even with severe hearing loss you can benefit from an ‘in the ear’ hearing instrument, right down to CIC (Completely in Canal) size.

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Siemens Hearing Aids By Discount Hearing Aids

March 29th, 2011 by Paul Minikin

Siemens are one of the largest hearing aid manufacturers in the world. They are a German company with a UK head office and manufacturing base in Crawley, Surrey where all their custom products are made for the UK market.

Siemens have been making hearing aids for more than a century, in fact they developed the Phonophor hearing instrument more than a hundred years ago, the first technical solution to hearing loss.

Siemens have been at the forefront of hearing aid technology ever since, introducing their first ‘behind the ear’ hearing aid in 1959, first ‘in the ear’ in 1966, first remote control for hearing aids in 1987, the list goes on.

Siemens are a little unusual in the hearing aid industry in that they are not only prominent in hearing aid development but many different areas of health related technology, as well as engineering, mobile phones, computing and many other fields too.

Current Siemens hearing aids in the range are Siemens Pure, Siemens Life, Siemens Motion and Siemens Nitro.

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ReSound Alera | Discount Hearing Aids

March 26th, 2011 by Paul Minikin

ReSound Alera gives you an exceptional surround sound experience, great wireless connections to your TV and phone all in a very smart design.

What can you expect from ReSound Alera?

-Really great sound quality

-Full awareness of all the individual sounds around you

-Improvements in your ability to locate the direction of sounds

-Easier use of the telephone and a nicer experience of listening to music

- The Alera automatically changes its settings based on the environment you find yourself in.

Unparalleled sound performance in the tiniest form possible means the only thing you’ll notice about ReSound Alera is an immediate improvement in your hearing. That’s because ReSound Alera has taken the industry’s best technology and encased it in a tiny hearing instrument that combines invisibility with lightweight comfort.

Advanced features make sure you:

-Experience whistle-free sound, for example: when you’re on the phone or when you hug someone – Enjoy music that’s as clear and pure as it’s supposed to sound

-Feel comfortable in the different situations you encounter every day

-Understand speech better, even when there’s background noise

ReSound Alera  has a number of complimentary wireless devices.

With the ReSound Unite TV streamer, you can:

-Transmit sound directly from your TV to your hearing instruments

-Hear whats going on around you while watching TV

-Move around – even if you leave the room, you’re automatically reconnected if you return within 5 minutes

The ReSound Unite Phone Clip:

-Delivers crystal clear, feedback-free sound

-Clips onto your clothes or your car’s sun visor

-Allows you to leave your mobile phone in your bag or pocket

-6 hours of talk time, 200 hours of standby time

-Answer and end calls at the push of button

-Easy-to-use volume control

-Easy to recharge through your computer USB port or wall plug (cables included)

The ReSound Unite Remote Control makes it easy to change programs, adjust volume and start streaming sound from the ReSound Unite TV streamer and the ReSound Unite Phone Clip.

The display gives you a visual overview of your hearing instruments settings.

Nano-coating protects down to the core iSolate nanotech, a special moisture protection technology, guards every vital component of your hearing instruments against moisture.

As a result, liquid that comes in contact with ReSound Alera for example, when it rains or when you’re biking or enjoying other physical activity, simply beads up and rolls right off.

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Oticon Agil Pro By Discount Hearing Aids

March 25th, 2011 by Paul Minikin

Oticon Agil / Agil Pro launched in March 2010 as a direct replacement for the Oticon Epoq range of hearing aids, the XW, W and V based on the RISE chip. The Agil and Agil Pro are based on the new improved RISE2 chip with substantial improvements on the older technology.

The Agil Pro has been designed to take the hard work out of hearing in challenging noisy environments, for you to be aware of the sounds around you and make sense of and focus on the sounds you want to hear.

Oticon Agil devices aren’t like ordinary instruments that provide uncoordinated inputs into each ear. Oticon Agils actually communicate with each other to present a single, balanced picture for your brain to process.

In a nutshell Oticon Agil Pro aims to offer ‘improved conversation with less effort’. The three main concepts to achieve this are as follows;

Spatial Sound 2.0 – This feature helps you organise sounds, know where they come from and make sense of your surroundings. You will also be able to select the person or sound source you want to listen to, and ignore those you don’t.

Speech Guard – dramatically improves your ability to follow conversations in complex environments. A person’s voice is as individual as that person and Speech Guard preserves many of the subtle characteristics like their particular pitch and tone or the way syllables are stressed. This means that even when there are many sounds in the background, the Oticon Agil Pro will make it easier for you to select and follow the voice you wish, and even to switch attention from one person to another. Speech Guard also eliminates sudden noises, like the slamming of a car door or someone chopping vegetables.

Oticon ConnectLine delivers sound directly to your ears from your TV, landline and mobile phones, and audio devices like music players and personal computers. Oticon Agil Pro makes use of the Oticon Streamer and other Connectline devices to wirelessly send audio to your hearing aids.

The Oticon Agil Pro is one of the most capable premium products available on the market at this time.

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