The Real Story on The World's Best
Hearing Performance
Harmony features the world’s most sophisticated technology to bring you clearer, high-resolution
sound in everyday settings like busy offices, noisy classrooms, and bustling restaurants. In fact,
important comparative studies conducted by leading independent researchers
show that AB surpasses other cochlear implant manufacturers with better
hearing performance in real-world situations.1,3 Only AB delivers the best
performance by offering the Harmony Advantage—the industry’s most advanced technology.
HiResolution® (HiRes®) Sound
The clearest, most accurate sound with five times
more resolution than any other cochlear implant system
HiRes Fidelity 120®*
Offers 120 spectral bands for unsurpassed spectral (pitch) resolution so that you or your child can hear all the colorful details of sound
AutoSoundTM Processing
Automatically adapts to your surroundings, just like a normal-hearing
ear, so there’s no fumbling with dials or continually making adjustments to keep up with
changing sound environments
T-Mic® Microphone
The only microphone placed naturally at the opening of the
ear for highly focused hearing while providing wireless connectivity to cell phones, MP3
players, and more
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Real Science
Real Science
In an independent study by experts Spahr, Dorman, and Loiselle, AB outperformed Cochlear on tests of everyday listening.3
Mean sentence scores in quiet, noise, and at a soft level for 13 AB users and 13 Cochlear users. AB users hear better than Cochlear users in noise and when speech is soft.
Real Science
Independent research by Haumann, Büchner, and Lenarz concluded that Harmony recipients hear speech better in noise and everyday life situations than Freedom recipients.1
Individual speech reception threshold (SRT) results given as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Smaller SNR values mean better results. On this decibel scale, the scores with AB Harmony are 150% better than with Cochlear Freedom.