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Award-winning design for brilliant hearing. Be Brilliant with Styletto AX

Welcome to a world of Augmented hearing, Signia Styletto AX. Signia Styletto is their most portable, simple and most atheistically pleasing, rechargeable hearing device that contains some of the most advanced features on the market. Signia want to give their user the most natural sound, with less listening effort and clearer speech understanding, wherever and whenever you need it. The Styletto AX range comes in five different technology levels, 7, 5, 3, 2 and 1 The Styletto AX 7 is the premium through to AX 1 which is the entry level product.

Features of the Product

In this section we will go into a little more detail as to what Signia's Augmented Xperience is, along with  other high end features the user should expect to receive in this technology to help them hear as well as they possibly can.

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.

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

The 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 Styletto AX range 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 Styletto AX currently 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 one type of charger available which is included in the cost

- Charge&Go Case.

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 Styletto AX and models come 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. Currently the Xperience is only available in a receiver in canal (RIC) format.

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.

Hearing Aid Styles / Colours

The Styletto AX currently only comes in Receiver in Canal (RIC) format

It is available in a single easy to use style

Styletto AX- This is their most stylish and easy to use, rechargeable version. Fully wireless and blutooth facilitated.

Please see below for the range of colours in the new AX Range.

UK Hearing's Signia Styletto 7 AX Star Rating

Wind Noise Reduction - *****

Natural Sound Experience - *****

Improved Speech Understanding - *****

Automatic Sound Adjustment - *****