Apherma Launches Tahoe -- A Digital Hearing Technology for Universal Hearing Aid Applications.SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif. -- Apherma announced today the release of the Tahoe Ta·hoe , Lake A lake on the California-Nevada border west of Carson City, Nevada. It is a popular resort area. digital hearing application, a technology solution targeted at device manufacturers for use in premium universal fit hearing products. An extension of Apherma's open platform Sonoma II product, the Tahoe technology package is an all-digital multi-channel natural sound enhancement system with noise reduction and feedback elimination options available. Tahoe technology allows manufacturers to widen wid·en tr. & intr.v. wid·ened, wid·en·ing, wid·ens To make or become wide or wider. wid  en·er n. their global
presence, reaching both current and emerging markets, by profitably
producing and distributing premium-based technology at economically
sensitive price points. Tahoe-based products enhance dispenser
productivity with quick-fit solutions and can be promoted as
value-driven alternatives to costly custom fitting procedures and
products.
Tahoe offers customers 6-channels of premium digital sound, along with speech enhancement and clarity in noise. Standard with 7 customizable memory presets, Tahoe is ideal for non-custom hearing instruments; programs can be fixed to span a wide range of hearing loss profiles. Tahoe also includes the industry's leading feedback elimination system, Adaptive Echo Cancellation The elimination of an echo in a two-way voice transmission. Echo is created in the telephone company's central office switch when two-wire lines from the customer are converted to four-wire lines for backbone trunks. , to prevent the "squeal" typically associated with universal fit ear molds or plugs. Following last week's presentation of Sonoma II, Apherma launched Tahoe in answer to recent hearing industry market studies indicating a widespread consumer desire for better sound quality in entry-level hearing products. As the Silicon Valley's top hearing research and design firm, Apherma believes the solution to best satisfy these consumer demands is by the release of Tahoe through the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and channel for the widespread distribution and availability of Apherma technology among the industry's main producers. "This is the first time manufacturers can affordably use such technology to produce premium products for improving the quality of life for people at all economic levels. Tahoe can revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the way the hearing industry serves consumers worldwide," says Richard Tung, VP of Business Development. Contact Suzanne Smoak, marketing manager, for more information on Tahoe. Apherma Corporation is a Silicon Valley-based technology company specializing in the design of open platform digital signal processors 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
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