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Insio Charge&Go AX- The first custom hearing aids with contactless charging and Bluetooth

Tailor-made to suit each wearer’s individual ear anatomy, the new Signia Charge&Go 7AX slightly smaller design offers all-day comfort, whilst delivering premium sound technology for the users everyday needs. Insio Charge&Go 7AX hearing aids are built on our leading-edge Augmented Xperience platform to deliver outstanding speech clarity in an immersive environment. They even include a motion sensor to adapt their sound optimally to the wearer’s situation by detecting if they are moving or stationary, meaning that the user doesnt now need to worry about those ever changing busy, noisy environments. 

Features of the Product

Here we will detail some of the features in Signia's latest custom rechargeable hearing device, The Charge &Go 7AX.

Augmented Focus Technology

Instead of them having to strain to discern speech from background noise, our new platform uses  proprietary Augmented Focus technology to process the two separately and create a clear contrast. It then recombines them to deliver outstanding speech clarity in a fully immersive soundscape. Traditionally, hearing aids have processed all sounds under processor. The problem with only having one processor is that all signals are competing against each other which can sometimes lead to them canceling each other out. If you prioritize one part, another is neglected. With Augmented Xperience, two dedicated processors can fully optimize different parts without compromising one or the other. It shapes the sound of speech and surroundings in a way that delivers outstanding speech clarity while making surroundings sound enjoyable. This means the background sounds are reduced to a minimum normal level, whilst prioritising speech clarity. It does this autmoatically whilst the user is on the move.

Signia's New Augmented Chip

The new Augmented Chip provides the following improvements when compared to the previous Xperience generation models:

• 2x Audiological core processors

• 110% Increased binaural audio transfer rate

• 60% Reduced binaural latency

• 27% More electric circuits

• 22% Longer battery runtime

Focus Sounds

Focus sounds carry relevant information where every small detail is important, for example the speech of a conversation partner. These sounds are processed in a highly linear, uncompressed way with emphasis on clarity and details.This pulls speech closer to the listener so it sounds as clear as possible.

Surroundings

Surroundings contain all sounds outside the main focus placing the wearer in the correct acoustic atmosphere. This is important to create both awareness and excitement, for example enjoying piano music and laughter in a cafe. These sounds are processed with high spatial resolution, applying more compression and attenuation to keep them at a distance from the focus sounds .Sudden loud sounds can be addressed more quickly than ever before to prevent them from masking focus sounds.

e2e wireless 4.0

Our new ear-to-ear (e2e) system e2e 4.0 syncs more binaural audio data than ever, ensuring clearer speech processing and high-precision directional awareness. It also significantly boosts the speed of data transmission, delivering a much smoother sound experience and inaudible shifts between different settings. Latency is reduced by 60% so that transitions between different modes are no longer audible.

Increased input dynamic range

The microphones and the state-of-the-art analogue input stage can handle signals up to 117dB with great sound quality. That’s very close to the full capacity of human ears and ensures a clean crisp signal, for example at music concerts where the music can be really varied depending on position and environment.

TruEar 360

The powerful processing engine allows for an exceptional TruEar 360 mic mode that better reproduces and emphasizes the capabilities of the natural pinna-effect better than ever. TruEar 360 highlights the difference between front and back sources of sound to make localization of sound sources easier.

Own Voice Processing (OVP)

OVP processes the wearer’s own voice completely independently from all other sounds, including all other voices. This allows you to fine-tune the hearing aids for optimal audibility of the entire acoustic environment without having to compromise this audibility to improve the sound quality of the wearer’s own voice.

Enhanced feedback cancellation

e2e 4.0 also synchronizes feedback cancellation between the ears in the same phase, removing more artifacts for a smoother overall sound experience.

Direct streaming for iOS and Android

Augmented Xperience offers direct streaming for both iOS and ASHA-compatible Android smartphones. It handles the signal of a streaming input independently from other signals, ensuring that the sound is even clearer and easier to optimize.

Steaming Facilities

The Insio Charge&Go 7AX fully supports streaming of audio and sound clips directly with mfi (iOS) products and ASHA (Android products. They are also compatible with the StreamLine TV which allows you to stream high quality sound from the TV directly to your hearing aids in stereo.

They also support Signia's full range of other wireless accessories including the StreamLine Mic and miniMic.

Rechargeability

The Insio Charge&Go 7AX is only available in a rechargeable format. Its a fully integrated Li-ion power cell that when fully charged will give the user a full 24 hours worth of listening including 5 hours of streaming. The charging and usage times are as follow:

3 hour charge - Gives the user a full 24 hours of usage including streaming from bluetooth devices.

1.5 hour charge - Gives the user around 12-14 hours of usage including bluetooth streaming

0.5 hour charge - Gives the user around 6-7 hours of usage including bluetooth streaming.

There is only one charger available which uses contactless charging

Signia also have an app appropriately known as Signia App. It will allow the user to control their setting such as volume and program adjustments, as well as microphone directionality from their smartphone. Signia have also added features such as Remote Hearing and Signia Assistant.

Signia Assistant - The world’s first deep neural network for hearing aids.

The Signia Assistant is a highly intelligent system that is inspired by the way the human brain’s neural network solves challenges. It learns from every interaction, conducted completely anonymously. With its artificial intelligence deep neural network, the Assistant ensures that the end-user always gets the best possible solution for any given situation, always tailored to their specific needs and preferences. This marks a revolution in hearing care, moving from assumptions to data-driven knowledge and away from a one-size-fits-all approach to precisely tuned hearing for every individual. As a result, 93% of Signia Assistant users regard it as a meaningful innovation that raises their satisfaction with their hearing aids in difficult listening situations.In this way, the Signia Assistant delivers the next level in modern optimized care.

With the new Signia Assistant both the user and audiologist can:

• Provide confidence that support is available 24/7

• Increase client satisfaction being able to assess new and experienced hearing aid wearers’ needs more accurately

• Fine-tune with ease by seeing exactly how your clients choose to personalize their hearing experience.

Build Quality

The Insio Charge&Go 7AX model comes with an IP68 rating meaning they are highly resistant to moisture, dirt, wax and sweat. They are very reliable and even come with a moisture coated receiver and filter for maximum protection.

The build quality of their charging unit is designed to be portable and lightweight meaning you can take it easily on the go should you need an extra top up of power. Its a high grade Li-ion power cell build to last up to 4 years.

UK Hearing's Signia Insio Charge&Go 7 AX Star Rating

Wind Noise Reduction - *****

Natural Sound Experience - *****

Improved Speech Understanding - *****

Automatic Sound Adjustment - *****