Phonak Audeo YES Hearing Aids Provide Wireless Connection to MP3 and Bluetooth Devices

Phonak has long touted its Audeo hearing aids as having alluring designs for cool, young, and hip users. But the features it’s recently added go beyond style by delivering wireless connectivity that younger, plugged-in consumers demand. The new Audeo YES hearing aid integrates the wireless CORE platform technology to enable wireless connectivity with Bluetooth phones, MP3 players and other devices. Phonak says its CORE (Communication Optimized Real-audio Engine) Hearing instrument Body Area Network (HiBAN) “opens up the world of digital multi-media interaction.” Previously only available with Phonak Naida, Exelia, Versata and Certena hearing aid families, putting wireless in the popular Audeo hearing aids should accelerate acceptance and usage of wireless assistive listening technologies.

The solution features an iCom communications interface module worn around the neck, which enables:

* Wireless connection of Audéo YES to a wide variety of external devices
* Hands-free, binaural telephoning
* Stereo audio streaming via bluetooth or audiojack
* FM availability with just one FM receiver
* EasyAudio and EasyBluetooth programs automatically activated and separately
fine-tuneable for optimized phone usage and audio streaming

It also requires a handheld myPilot device providing wireless control and status information, enabling:

* Remote control over program and volume of Audéo YES, including separate left/right
adjustments
* ZoomControl access for user-controlled, focused listening in any direction
* Read-out of system status, including battery status, current program and volume levels
* Convenient time/date and alarm functions
* Full-color display
* Customizable program names and icons for easy program identification
* Two attractive color options, high-tech gray or white

The Audeo YES hearing aids also deliver improved sound processing, including the new Phonak SoundRecover technology that With shifts signals at high frequencies where most people experience hearing loss, replicating the sounds at lower frequencies more easily heard by the user.