Swiss company Phonak elevates sound quality with new Infinio portfolio of hearing aids

Phonak, a Sonova brand, announced the launch of 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.

The Infinio Platform powered by the ERA Chip. The Infinio platform offers improvements in enhanced sound quality from the first moment via 45 percent reduction in listening effort, 21 percent less fatigue and 61 percent improvement in speech understanding (when combined with Roger ON). In addition to enhanced durability, it also enables uninterrupted hands-free calls and streaming across twice the distance, compatible with all Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Building on the Infinio platform, the Audéo Sphere Infinio offers 53 times more processing power versus existing industry chips, which 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. Its key features include spheric speech clarity (clear speech from any direction instantly, speech from noise separation (advanced AI separates speech from unwanted noise), and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement. Phonak’s proprietary DEEPSONIC chip offers dynamic, real-time adjustments, allowing users to engage in conversations from any direction. The chip’s AI architecture includes:

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 Audéo Sphere Infinio (receiver-In-the-Canal (RIC)), CROS R Infinio, and Virto R Infinio.