Signia Xperience 7X Hearing Aid

Signia Xperience 7X - Hear What Matters To You

The Signia Xperience 7X is the latest premium technology from Sivantos previously known as Siemens.They claim to be able to help you hear clearly wherever you go and be an active part of every conversation. It is available in both battery and rechargeable versions with the latter coming at no extra cost.

Sivantos have introduced the 'Acoustic Motion Sensor' into the Xperience line of products. Sivantos are the first to bring out hearing aids that will now allow you to converse in the most active situations by taiking motion into account. Most hearing aids either focus on the sound directly in frontof you or, on the general surroundings. The Xperience platform doesnt discriminate. It does both at the same time meaning you dont miss out on the important sounds.

Features of the Product

Acoustic Motion Sensor

Acoustic Motion Sensor is the latest tech to be included in the Xperience line of products. Taken directly from Sivantos, acoustic motion sensor is: 'The hearing aids adjust their settings according to movement and relax the directional features so both conversation partners from the sides are understood clearly. Localization of traffic sounds is also possible' 

This enables the user to pick up all the vital sounds they may have previously missed even when performing active movements. A fantastic feature added by Sivantos that has really improved their level compared to their previous technology.

Own Voice Processing (OVP)

Carrying over from their previous models is Sivantos Own Voice Processing. It basically is as it suggests, a processor for your own voice. Typically a new user or a user experience change with their hearing has difficulties adjusting to the sound of their own voice. Sivantos has developed this especially to detect the sounds of your own voice and process it above the other external sounds to give you maximum comfort and a natural feel to your own voice. Simply fantastic and well proven.

Directional Microphones

The Xperience now comes with faster processing microphone directionality to give you a more natural and balanced speech pickup, even in the most challenging of situations. They have a 360 degree range meaning that critical speech cues arnt missed no matter where the speakers located.

Dynamic SoundScape Processing

Put quite simple by Sivantos, Dynamic SoundScape Processing (DSP) 'identifies the direction of speech and noise signals and provides better input for determining directional microphone strength in combination with environmental awareness'. This means basically that the hearing aids will concentrate on sounds the user wishes to hear by allocating more focus to them when in the midst of a busier environment.

Steaming Facilities

The Xperience range fully supports streaming of audio and sound clips directly with Apple iOS products. For Android use, you must also have the Signia StreamLine Mic accessory. 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.

Rechargeability

The Xperience comes in two formats, battery or rechargeable. Their rechargeable version is called the Pure Charge & Go X. Its a fully integrated Li-ion power cell that when fullt charged will give the user a full days worth of hearing. 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.

It is one of the longer lasting charges on the market.

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.

Build Quality

All the Xperience models come with an IP68 rating meaning they are highly resistant to moisture, dirt, wax and sweat. They are very relaible 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. We suspect their custom range in these products is likely to follow in the not too distant future.

The build quality of their charging unit is deisgned 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 Xperience currently only comes in Receiver in Canal (RIC) format, however we do expect the in the ear (ITE) version to be coming to market shortly.

It is available in three styles:

Pure 312 X- This is their smallest version and requires a 312 battery. Also comes with a telecoil as standard. Fullt wireless and blutooth facilitated.

Pure Charge & Go X - Thier rechargeable version that is slightly bigger but still very small in comparison to other rechargeables on the market. Fully wireless and bluetooth facilitated.

Please see the link for the range of colours that is available for the Xperience range: https://www.signia-hearing.co.uk/pure312x/ 

UK Hearing's Signia Xperience 7X Star Rating

Wind Noise Reduction - *****

Natural Sound Experience - *****

Improved Speech Understanding - *****

Automatic Sound Adjustment - *****