AB’s Exclusive Sound Processing Technologies

This independent study shows that AB outperforms the competition in three common hearing situations: quiet environments such as libraries, noisy settings such as restaurants, and soft speech such as a whisper.²

The high spectral resolution of the AB system helps you hear in real-world settings. And with the automatic features of AB’s AutoSound™ OS technology, there’s no need to fumble with dials, switches, or remote controls every time you move from quiet to loud listening environments.

School-age kids naturally have a hard enough time focusing in a classroom without the additional distraction of needing to make continual adjustments to their sound processor. Your child’s teachers don’t need to worry that important lessons aren’t being heard when your child is hearing with AutoSound.

Following a conversation in a noisy setting is made easier with the unique combination of AB and Phonak innovations in the Naída CI Q Series sound processors.

When AB’s proven ClearVoice™* speech enhancement technology is combined with Phonak UltraZoom, there is a significant improvement in hearing in noise. ^3-5

Whether you’re in a meeting at the office or your child is listening to the teacher in a boisterous classroom, hearing speech is crucial to fully participate. This independent study proves that AB recipients hear speech better in noisy situations and group gatherings.⁶ AB’s unique AutoSound™ technology automatically adapts to challenging listening environments so that you hear your best in every situation.

Children begin learning to speak from the day they’re born. By age 3, they need to hear approximately 30,000 words a day to develop language skills necessary to succeed in school.⁷ For something as critical as the ability to hear, you don’t want to compromise performance. You want your child to have the most technologically advanced, best-performing cochlear implant available.

*Not approved for pediatric patients in the United States.

This study demonstrates that the wide Input Dynamic Range (IDR) in AB processors makes it easier to hear in the real world. AB recipients understand soft speech much better with a wide IDR than a narrow IDR. They’re also able to hear sounds that alert you – such as telephone rings, car horns, doorbells, and alarm clocks – much better with the the wide IDR.⁸ In the same study, AB recipients preferred a wide IDR over a narrow IDR for listening to music.⁸ The competition provides a narrower IDR than AB does.

This independent study shows that during the initial six months of implant use, children with AB devices outperform children with competitor devices in developing both the listening and speaking abilities needed to succeed in life.⁹

That means you can expect to hear “I love you, Mommy” sooner when you choose AB for your child instead of the competition. As your child grows with AB, they’ll have an opportunity to hear their best during those critical years of language development right alongside their normal-hearing classmates in a mainstream school setting.

This important study proves that AB recipients have the opportunity to hear and enjoy music better than ever before.^10,11 HiRes Fidelity 120™* sound processing is the only strategy that can implement simultaneous current steering to deliver the dimensions of music (loudness, pitch, timing) for a full musical experience. The AutoSound programmable wide Input Dynamic Range (IDR) and automatic volume control adjust automatically so that you don’t miss a note. And the naturally placed T-Mic™ microphone makes it effortless to use your MP3 player.

This advanced technology only from AB works in concert so that you can hear your best.