America Hears, Inc. Extends its Hearing Industry Price-Performance Lead with New $699 Hearing Aid.Advanced Digital Technology from America Hears Helps First-Time Hearing-Aid Buyers Hear and Understand Everyday Speech BRISTOL, Pa. -- America Hears, Inc. (www.AmericaHears.com) introduced a new high-performance, open fit digital hearing aid A hearing aid that processes sound in digital form. Digital techniques have been used with hearing aids starting in the early 1990s when digitally programmable devices were the first to provide the equivalent of an audio equalizer in the ear, enabling only required frequencies to be offering significant value for listeners with mild to moderate hearing loss who need assistance hearing and understanding everyday speech, even in challenging listening environments such as noisy restaurants. Priced at $699 and available direct from the manufacturer, the new America Hears OF1-152 hearing aid is packaged in a small, sleek case worn behind the ear and configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: with 16 channels that can be programmed to enhance hearing at all frequencies where amplification is needed. "The new America Hears OF1-152 hearing aid extends our price-performance lead in the hearing aid industry and continues to fulfill our mission to help the broad and growing market of people who need high-quality digital hearing aids at affordable prices," said Henry C. Smith, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of America Hears. "It is the perfect solution for first-time hearing-aid buyers who need an easy and affordable way to start hearing better." America Hears began designing and manufacturing hearing aids Hearing Aids Definition A hearing aid is a device that can amplify sound waves in order to help a deaf or hard-of-hearing person hear sounds more clearly. in 1985 and in 2001 delivered the Virtual Office software and programming kit that for the first time enabled hearing aid users to adjust their hearing aids to their satisfaction at home whenever they please. With Virtual Office, America Hears made endless trips to the audiologist's office for adjustments a thing of the past for its customers. The OF1-152 is the newest member of the America Hears Independence Series 1 family and extends the company's lead in designing, manufacturing and marketing the world's most affordable high-performance digital hearing aids. Like all the America Hears Independence hearing aids, the new OF1-152 utilizes an advanced digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
ADRO Approved Domestic Relations Order ([R]) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and the latest modules including Enhanced Speech in Noise, Low Level Noise Reduction and Automatic Volume Control. America Hears programs hearing aids at the factory precisely to each customer's audiogram au·di·o·gram n. A graphic record of hearing ability for various sound frequencies. Audiogram A chart or graph of the results of a hearing test conducted with audiographic equipment. . After that, America Hears' audiologists and professional fitters work collaboratively with customers to make additional adjustments over the Internet using the Virtual Office programming kit. All hearing aids in the America Hears Independence family integrate advanced components at the cutting edge of hearing aid technology and design, including: * A Sound Design Technologies Ltd VoyageurII Digital Signal Processor (DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive ) designed for high-performance hearing aids. * Dynamic Hearing Pty Ltd's ADRO[R] (Advanced Dynamic Range Optimization) software, sophisticated hearing aid operating system software optimized for the high-performance DSPs used in all America Hears products. * Enhanced Speech in Noise (ESIN ESIN European Small Islands Network ESIN Economic Sentiment Indicator ) software, the latest ADRO[R] module improving the ability to hear and understand speech in noisy environments. Unique to America Hears, ESIN separates and amplifies the high frequency sounds that comprise 60% of speech, enhancing hearing in noisy environments such as crowded restaurants. About America Hears America Hears, Inc. (www.AmericaHears.com) is the world's only manufacturer of premium digital hearing aids to sell and support its products directly over the Internet. By making appropriately priced hearing-assistance products easily available to a broader market than ever before, America Hears is helping to expand the hearing-aid industry, which has experienced disappointingly slow growth in spite of the rapidly growing segment of the population suffering from age and job related hearing loss. |
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