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Phonak Elevates Sound Quality With New Infinio Portfolio, Introducing a Paradigm Shift With Real-Time AI for Speech Clarity in Noise in Audéo Sphere Infinio

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Phonak Elevates Sound Quality With New Infinio Portfolio, Introducing a Paradigm Shift With Real-Time AI for Speech Clarity in Noise in Audéo Sphere Infinio
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Phonak Elevates Sound Quality With New Infinio Portfolio, Introducing a Paradigm Shift With Real-Time AI for Speech Clarity in Noise in Audéo Sphere Infinio

2024-08-06 13:02 Last Updated At:13:21

STÄFA, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 6, 2024--

Phonak, a Sonova brand, is proud to launch a new family of hearing aids based on the innovative Infinio platform, including the Audéo Sphere Infinio. It is the world’s first hearing aid powered by a dedicated real-time AI chip for speech-from-noise separation. Speech understanding in background noise remains the biggest challenge for people with hearing loss. This technology provides unprecedented speech clarity from any direction, with an unparalleled improvement in SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) in noise of 10dB. 1

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The Infinio Platform powered by the ERA Chip

The Infinio platform offers remarkable improvements in:

Audéo Sphere Infinio: A Paradigm shift enabling clear speech in noise

Clear speech from any direction

Building on the Infinio platform, the Audéo Sphere Infinio addresses the number one challenge of speech understanding in noise with a new paradigm-shifting approach. With 53 times more processing power versus existing industry chips, it overcomes the current constraints of processing power to unleash the full potential of artificial intelligence (AI). In addition to the ERA chip, the Audéo Sphere Infinio is powered by a dedicated, proprietary chip called DEEPSONIC; a world-first, real-time AI sound processing chip. Key features include:

Real-Time AI sound processing with DEEPSONIC chip

Phonak’s proprietary DEEPSONIC chip is the first of its kind, providing real-time AI processing to instantly separate speech from background noise. Unlike existing technologies, DEEPSONIC offers dynamic, real-time adjustments, allowing users to engage in conversations from any direction. The chip’s AI architecture includes:

“We are incredibly excited to bring the Audéo Sphere Infinio to our users. This is more than just a hearing aid; it's a game-changer for anyone struggling with hearing in noisy environments,” says Robert Woolley, Group Vice President Hearing Instruments at Sonova. “With our proprietary ERA and DEEPSONIC AI chips, we've achieved a new level of speech clarity that we're proud to share. This innovation highlights our dedication to providing the best possible sound quality and user experience.”

Comprehensive Infinio Portfolio

Phonak also introduces a comprehensive portfolio of hearing aids with some products available to order by hearing care professionals starting August 7. These devices are based on the Next-Gen Infinio platform, featuring:

References

* In quiet listening situation for adult hearing-impaired subjects with moderate to severe hearing loss
** Speech Enhancer on versus off, moderate to severe hearing loss
*** Adults with sensorineural hearing loss using Roger Select with a compatible hearing aid or cochlear implant compared to hearing aid or cochlear implant alone tested in a simulated noisy restaurant setting

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About Phonak

life is on. Since 1947, Phonak has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with hearing loss. Seventy-five years later, our passion for creating life-changing hearing solutions that help people thrive physically, socially, and emotionally remains. By offering the industry’s broadest portfolio of hearing solutions, we’re committed to creating a world where “life is on” for everyone.

At Phonak, innovation is not limited to products. We work to change the conversations surrounding people with hearing loss. We do this by fighting the stigma of hearing aids and creating an understanding of how hearing is connected to the broader context of healthy living.

Phonak Audéo Infinio and Virto Infinio (Graphic: Phonak)

Phonak Audéo Infinio and Virto Infinio (Graphic: Phonak)

Phonak Audéo Sphere Infinio (Graphic: Phonak)

Phonak Audéo Sphere Infinio (Graphic: Phonak)

Infinio Swoosh (Graphic: Phonak)

Infinio Swoosh (Graphic: Phonak)

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At least 10 dead, 32 injured in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey

2025-01-21 19:19 Last Updated At:19:21

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A fire at a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday killed at least at least 10 people and hospitalized 32 others, officials said.

The fire broke out at around 3:30 a.m. in the restaurant of the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, officials and reports said. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Two of the victims died after jumping from the building in a panic, Gov. Abdulaziz Aydin told the state-run Anadolu Agency. Private NTV television said some people tried to climb down from their rooms using sheets and blankets.

There were 234 guests staying at the hotel, Aydin said.

Necmi Kepcetutan, a ski instructor at the hotel, said he was asleep when the fire erupted and he rushed out of the building. He told NTV television that he then helped some 20 guests out of the hotel.

He said the hotel was engulfed in smoke, making it difficult for guests to locate the fire escape.

“I cannot reach some of my students. I hope they are OK,” the ski instructor told the station.

Television images showed the roof and top floors of the hotel on fire.

Witnesses and reports said the hotel’s fire detection system failed to operate.

“My wife smelled the burning. The alarm did not go off,” Atakan Yelkovan, a guest staying on the third floor of the hotel, told the IHA news agency.

“We tried to go upstairs but couldn’t, there were flames. We went downstairs and came here (outside),” he said.

Yelkovan said it took about an hour for the firefighting teams to arrive.

“People on the upper floors were screaming. They hung down sheets ... some tried to jump,” he said.

The government appointed six prosecutors to lead an investigation into the fire. NTV television suggested that the wooden cladding on the exterior of the hotel, in a chalet-style design, may have accelerated the spread of the fire.

The 161-room hotel is on the side of a cliff, hampering efforts to combat the flames, the station also reported.

NTV showed a smoke-blackened lobby, its glass entrance and windows smashed, its wooden reception desk charred and a chandelier crashed to the ground.

Kartalkaya is a popular ski resort in the Koroglu mountains, some 300 kilometers (185 miles) east of Istanbul. The fire occurred during the school semester break when hotels in the region are packed.

Aydin's office said 30 fire trucks and 28 ambulances were sent to the site.

Other hotels at the resort were evacuated as a precaution and guests were placed in hotels around Bolu.

Meanwhile, a gas explosion at a hotel at another ski resort in central Turkey, injured four people.

The explosion took place at the Yildiz Mountain Winter Sports Center in Sivas province. Two skiers and their instructor were slightly injured while another instructor received second-degree burns on the hands and face, the Sivas governor’s office said.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (IHA via AP)

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (IHA via AP)

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