Jan S. Glick
Trainer & Content Design
A new
Generation
delivering
OpenSound
Experience
BrainHearingHearing care is a matter of health
Spoken Language Understanding should be automatic and effortless
What we will discuss today:
OpenSound Navigator: a game-changing technology
The impact it has had
What sets it apart
The Line-up
Our most powerful, most advanced platform ever – Velox S™
Opn S
Getting the most out of Opn S with OpenSound Optimizer™
Expanded access to OSN with OpenSound Booster
What you need to know about our lithium-ion rechargeable solution
What’s new?
The Foundation
The pioneering Velox
1200 MOPS
11 Cores
64 frequency channels
Analysing more than
100 times/second
113 dB SPL
upper limit input range
3.3 mA max stable consumption
Network-on-Chip
TwinLink
500 MIPS
Velox S
Increased processing
OpenSound Optimizer™
56,000 measurements per
second (30 times faster)
Rechargeable battery
OpenSound Navigator™The most powerful processing technology in Oticon Opn S™
OpenSound Navigator Dual microphone hearing aids
BalanceAnalyze Noise removal
Update speed: 10 msec versus 3 sec
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Traditional
OSN
Seconds
The effect of
OpenSound Navigator
Quiet
environments
15 10 5 0 -5
Hearing loss with amplification
Hearing loss with OpenSound Navigator
Normal hearing
dB SNR
Noisy
environmentsHome RestaurantFamily dinner
Le Goff and Beck 2017, Oticon whitepaper, Juul Jensen 2018, Oticon whitepaper*
The effect of OpenSound Navigator
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Feedback risk
Time Risk
build-up
Short term
effect
(before 0.1 sec.)
Long-term
effect
(seconds)
No feedback
management
Conventional
technology
Feedback takes time to
build up
Feedback takes time to be cancelled
OpenSound Optimizer™ in the processing scheme
OpenSound
Navigator™
VAC+
Speech
Guard™ LX
Feedback
shield™ LX
OpenSound
Optimizer™
Two key improvements
Speed/resolution
Cancellation technique
Only 60 ms to detect and prevent feedback
Velox S™ allows significantly
faster detection and response
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Feedback risk
Time Risk
build-up
Short term
effect
(before 0.1 sec.)
Long-term
effect
(seconds)
No feedback
management
Conventional technology
Oticon Opn S™
Fre
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Time
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Feedback risk
Time
Oticon Opn S™
First Breaker Signal
Unique Hearing Aid Innovation
5 Other patent applications in US, CN, EU on core technology and fitting
3 Scientific Papers
Who benefits?
Allows for more gain – better match to target & audibility
6 dB more
gain
OpenSound Optimizer™ contributes to a more stable system
Improving and preserving sound quality
Unstable
gain
Boosting the OpenSound Navigator
1: Analyze
2: Balance
3: Noise removal
Two Options:
Booster on On App Very High in Genie
N = 103 Alta/Alta Pro Users Average HPD = 11.2 hrs
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<40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90+
Categorization by signal type
Q Speech Sp + Ns Noise
OS Booster Effect:• Activation of Balancing (DIR) in Simple Environments
• -3 dB NR in Simple Environments and lower
• -7 dB NR in Complex Environments
Requirements:
Booster on On App
• Oticon Opn S only
• On App updated
• Program set to “General”
• OSN set to “Open Automatics”
Why not set it to Very High permanently in P1?
How does Opn S compare to Opn overall?
Internal clinical validation
Background
Participants:
24 participants
12 BTE PP users
2 miniRITE T 60 speaker users
10 miniRITE T 85 speaker users
Mean age: 73,5 years
Mix of hearing losses
All participants are experienced and satisfied Oticon Opn 1 users
96% prefers Oticon Opn S over Oticon Opn
4%
25%
71%
Test HA much better
Test HA somewhat better
Own HA somewhat better
Oticon Opn S promotional sheet, 2019
Main reasons for preferring Oticon Opn S
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Speech intelligibility Sound quality Less Feedback Booster (n=7) Rechargeability (n=12)
Reason 1 Reason 2 Reason 3
Market-leading charging time
Charging time for a completely drained battery
3 hours
Fully charged
1 hour
50% charged
0.5 hour
25% charged
Open up to a connected world
An extensive
range of
connectivity
TV
Oticon ON App
ConnectClip
Music
Computer
Landline phone
Remote Control
more than 87
million have
severe to
profound
hearing loss
The next step in the Oticon legacyOticon has a long history of making high-quality power instruments.
Physiology and Auditory Performance48
Sumo DM Chili/Safari SP Dynamo/Sensei SP
2005 2010 2015 2019
Xceed/Xceed Play
Introducing the world’s most powerful hearing aid
146 dB SPL MPO and 87 dB full-on gain
Oticon Xceed 1, 2, 3
Oticon Xceed Play 1, 2
Oticon Xceed SP / Xceed UP BTE
51
Battery 13
Double push button
Volume, mute
T-coil
IP 68
Single push button
Program, flight mode
LED
Tamper resistant battery drawer*
*Optional
BTE SP and BTE UP fitting rangesFor severe-to-profound losses
Hook undamped
120110
54
Introducing Oticon CROSOutstanding sound
quality for those with SSD
World’s first CROS featuring OpenSound Navigator™
55 Oticon CROS - For internal use only
World’s first CROS with TwinLink™ dual-streaming
The Oticon CROS solutionAn overview
56 Oticon CROS - For internal use only
Transmitter Receiver
Poorer Ear
Transmitter
Better Ear
Receiver
What is CROS?
Contralateral Routing of
the Signal 2.4 Khz + NFMI
BiCROSCROS
CROS/BiCROS – contralateral routing of signalTwo methods for wireless transmission from a poorer ear to a better ear
58 Oticon CROS - For internal use only
Poorer ear
UnaidableBetter ear
Normal
hearing
Poorer ear
UnaidableBetter ear
Hearing
loss
Taylor 2010
Industry first - TwinLink dual streamingReceiver can simultaneously receive 2.4GHz and NFMI streamed signals
Oticon CROS - For internal use only59
2.4 GHz
NFMI
NFMI
2.4 GHz
What if the receiver is a different style?
Oticon CROS - For internal use only60
MiniRITE
no volume control
A New Generation Delivering OpenSound Experience
61 Oticon CROS - For internal use only
miniRITE BTE UPBTE SPminiRITE TminiRITE R Oticon CROSBTE PP
NEW
A powerful familyOticon Opn S™ and Oticon Xceed
A new
Generation
delivering
OpenSound
Experience
Oticon CROSFind the client’s favourite look
69 Oticon CROS - For internal use only
CO90
Chroma Beige
CO91
Silver Grey
CO92
Steel Grey
CO93
Chestnut Brown
CO94
Terracotta
CO44
Silver
CO63
Diamond Black