clear440 for Natural Sound

Directional hearing

Shadow effect of the human head

Pinna effect

!Interaural level difference and pinna effect are important psychoacoustic cues for natural hearing

The Vision

New professional

fitting options

Connectivity

Rapid and robust data transmission

Sound quality & bandwidth

Interaural level difference

InterEar TruSound compression

!3D TruSound in clear440 preserves interaural level difference with InterEar TruSound compression

The pinna effect

Can we recreate the pinna effect?

The pinna effect

Digital Pinna in clear440

!Digital Pinna in clear440 mimics a normal pinna effect for localisation of sounds

Speech Understanding in Noise

Speech in noise

Speech Enhancer

InterEar Speech Enhancer

!InterEar Speech Enhancer in clear440 acts to focus on the dominant speaker in noise

TruSound Softener – handling sudden impulse sounds

Loud• Fireworks• Hammer blows• Slamming doors

Medium• Porcelain chinks• Rattling cutlery

Soft• Computer

keystrokes• Ticking clock

What about speech intelligibility?

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Steep Gradient Detector

TruSound Softener in clear440

TruSound Softener detection

TruSoundAOC

TruSound Compressors

Fast

TruSound stabilisers

TurboSlow

TruSound Softener

TruSound Softener in clear440

!TruSound Softener in clear440 handles sudden impulse sounds without negative effect on speech intelligibility

clear440 for natural sound

clear440 for natural sound

The ISP history

New with C-ISP•New programs•Compound programs•Volume scale

•Steep Gradient Detector

•InterEar TruSound compression•InterEar Speech Enhancer•Digital Pinna•TruSound Softener•InterEar Feedback Cancelling

•SmartSpeak II•InterEar Zen

•EcoTech III•InterEar Partner Monitor

InterEar Feedback Cancelling

Can we do better?

!Use the new WidexLink technology to introduce a double check system

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InterEar Feedback Cancelling

InterEar Zen

clear440 for freedom of choice

InterEar Zen

New programoptions

clear440 for freedom of choice

Connectivity with Dex