Forbes StaffThe AI-powered hearing aid is the world’s first product to use a DEEPSONIC chip technology with 53 times more processing power than what is available in the hearing aid market.
Sphere Infinio uses new DEEPSONIC chip technology, which claims to have 53 times more processing power than what is currently used by the hearing aid industry. Sonova, a Swiss company, recently introduced a new hearing aid backed by the power of AI aimed at improving speech clarity from background noise. It is touted to be the first such product in the markets globally.
Sonova introduces an AI-powered hearing aid.
This serves as a new tech advancement in the hearing aid industry. On Tuesday, Switzerland’s Sonova introduced a hearing aid that utilizes real-time artificial intelligence to improve speech clarity from background noise. Named Sphere Infinio, the hearing aid by Sonova is a one-of-a-kind AI advancement in the hearing aid industry. Along with it, the company is launching a new Infinio platform.
Major product launches by Sonova.
In May this year, Sonova said it expected significant product launches to drive sales and profit growth in the second half of its fiscal year. In an interview, CEO Arnd Kaldowski told Reuters, “The launch of both new platform and product should surprise the market because nobody knew this technology and this benefit (real-time AI), which is quite significant, will be available for anyone already this year.”
The company said in a statement that Sphere Infinio uses new DEEPSONIC chip technology with 53 times more processing power than what is currently used by the hearing aid industry. It also sees Infinio and its existing Lumity platform as the crucial future growth drivers for its hearing instrument business, accounting for around half of its total sales.
