Adapto - The First Hearing Aid That Understands People - Oticon

OpenEar Acoustics
Excellent, natural sound quality
Whenever you wear hearing aids many
body-transmitted sounds - such as your
own voice, or chewing - may sound
unnatural and unpleasantly loud, as if
you were speaking from inside a barrel.
This effect is known as occlusion, and it
happens because sounds get trapped
inside your ear canal.
The only way to remedy occlusion is to
keep the ear canal open. The problem
with this approach, however, is that the
amplified sound can leak out of the ear
and back into the microphone again in
an endless loop. The technical term for
this is ‘acoustic feedback’, and it can
cause very annoying whistling sounds.
In the past, plugging up the ear was the
only way to provide sufficient amplification
without causing feedback - and
hearing aid users had no other option
but to live with the unpleasant side
effects. But this situation has completely
changed, thanks to the groundbreaking
technology in Adapto.
Far fewer side effects!
After years of research and testing,
Oticon has perfected a powerful new
anti-feedback solution that lets you hear
clearly with far fewer side effects.
Based on very advanced digital signal
processing, this super-sensitive system
constantly monitors whether feedback is
likely to occur, so that it can be cancelled
out even before it’s heard.
Consider the potential benefits! Depending
on the size of your ear canal, you too
might be able to wear an instrument
with larger vents. And what a difference
you’ll find they make: your ears will be
better ventilated, those chewing sounds
will diminish, and your own voice will
seem more natural.
And if your hearing aid should move
slightly when you’re chewing, brushing
your hair, giving someone a hug, or talking
on the phone, you’ll no longer have
to worry. Feedback will be eliminated
long before it becomes a problem.
Read more about
OpenEar Acoustics on page 24.
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