
Phonak Audeo S Smart IX Hearing Aids


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Audeo S SMART is the world’s smallest hearing system that wirelessly connects to TV, telephone and MP3 players. If you want top performance with manual control and unlimited connectivity, this is the hearing aid for you.
Now you can get top performance with manual control and unlimited connectivity. The Audeo S SMART IX (9) offers superior programming ability for those with more complicated hearing needs - based on your audiogram (hearing test results) - and it brings the top technology of focusing sound where you need to hear it while blocking exterior noises that you do not want amplified.
For more information, check out the features listed below.
You may wish to consider Unitron Moxi 20 hearing aids. Unitron & Phonak are sister companies and use virtually identical technology. Click here for more details.
Specifications
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Digital
The two most common technologies used in hearing aids are analog and digital. Digital is newer and considered to be much more flexible, capable of doing more operations, and the only technology used in modern hearing aids. |
Yes |
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| Open Fit Type | RIC / CRT |
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Channels
Human speech ranges in frequencies roughly from 250 to 6000 Hz. Hearing aids are built so that this group of frequencies (250 to 6000 Hz) is divided into smaller groups, called bands or channels. |
20 |
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Memories
Multiple memory settings can be programmed into the aid to give the user the ability to cope with changing sound and noise environments with the push of a button. |
5 |
| Technology Level | Premium |
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Volume Control
Volume control is generally considered to be a manual adjustment that the user can control. All hearing aids have automatic gain control designed to make soft sounds audible and loud sounds tolerable. This is done automatically within limits programmed into the device. |
Available with Remote |
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On-Board Control Type
Controls on hearing aids usually have one or more of: 1. A momentary button used to change from one memory to the next 2. A button used to increase the level of volume 3. A rocker switch where pushing on one end does one function while the other end does another function 4. A wheel that will control volume |
Memory Button |
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Remote Control Available
Remote controls for hearing aids are small enough to comfortably fit in a pocket. A remote control will enable more functions than can be put on a hearing aid itself. |
Yes |
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Directional Microphones
Microphones are the electronic component that picks up sound. Microphones are very small and can be made to pick up more sound in one direction than all others. This is called a directional microphone. |
Yes |
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Noise Reduction
Technology to separate voices from other sounds is continuously being improved. Each manufacturer has a patented process and trademarked name for noise reduction. |
Yes |
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Sudden Noise Protection
This feature helps make hearing aids acoustically comfortable by dampening sudden loud noises, such as a dropped dish. |
Yes |
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Wind Noise Protection
Wind noise is an important feature for those that spend time in the outdoors by reducing the roar of wind across the microphone. This feature is improving but is not effective in gusty wind conditions. |
Yes |
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Feedback Management
Acoustic Feedback, is also known as squealing, buzzing, 'your aids are talking to you', etc. |
Yes |
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Telecoil
Telecoils help with telephones that are rated hearing aid compatible. |
Yes |
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Aid-to-Aid Communication
Communication from one hearing aid to the other is a very low strength signal designed to keep both hearing aids operating in the same mode at the same volume. |
Yes |
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Bluetooth Capable
Being able to couple your hearing aids with a BlueTooth-enabled device, such as a cell phone, allows phone conversations to be heard through your hearing aids. |
Available only with iCom |
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Direct Audio Input (DAI)
DAI is only on Large and Full Size hearing aids due to the need for terminals on the outside of the case. Using DAI allows other devices to connect directly to the hearing aids and input their audio signal. |
Yes |
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Battery Size/Color
Conventional Hearing Aid Batteries cost less than a dollar per battery and are very easy to change. |
312 (Brown) |
| Warranty | 3 years |
| Loss/Damage Warranty | 2 years |
Features
- FlexControl:
- Helps you to understand sounds more clearly by adjusting the settings in your hearing aid to adapt to the conditions you're in. Making sounds more intelligible or more comfortable instead of just louder or softer
- StereoZoom: (My Pilot required)
- StereoZoom fouces on a single voice in a noisy crowd.
- UltraZoom Premium:
- UltraZoom uses directional mircophones to zero in on the source of the sound and uses cutting edge noise cancellation technology to minimize other sounds.
- AutoZoom:
- Automatically focuses on speech no matter which direction, using the dominate speech source.
- Real Ear Sound:
- Allows sound orientation to be natural
- WindBlock:
- Suppresses wind noise without changing microphone settings.
- EchoBlock System:
- Removes the echo sounds to enable a better listening experience.
- ZoomControl with DirectTouch:
- Capability to choose which direction to concentrate hearing
- NoiseBlock Premium:
- Supresses noise without reducing significant speech.
- SoundRelax:
- Reduces & identifies impulse sounds
- SoundRecover:
- Effectively restores high frequency sounds
- Duo Phone:
- Streams phone conversations into both ears.
- Quick Sync: (with iCom)
- One touch allows you to control both hearing aids.
- SoundFlow:
- Flawlessly adjusts to various sound environments
- WhistleBlock:
- Adjusts suppression for each specific situation.
- Acoustically Optimized Venting (AOV):
- Individual vents that reduce occlusion.
Colors
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Beach Beige |
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Ceramic Black |
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Chili Red |
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Chocolate Brown |
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Dark Cliff Gray |
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Glacier Gray |
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Mid Cloud Gray |
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Midnight Black |
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Mocha Taupe |
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Ocean Blue |
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Olive Green |
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Silver Shadow |













