When you choose a cochlear implant system from AB, you benefit from superior internal technology now and external upgradeability for the future so that your hearing advances as the technology does - without the need for surgery. You can count on new innovations from AB that improve your hearing and quality of life.
Hear Your WorldHear Your Best with the Latest Technology
C1 Recipients, Upgrade to Harmony
Advanced Bionics is pleased to introduce the HarmonyTM behind-the-ear sound processor for our first generation C1.0 and C1.2 cochlear implant recipients. Harmony is AB's most sophisticated sound processing system designed to deliver the best hearing experience possible. Superior hearing with Harmony can translate into better learning, stronger connections with family and friends, and a fuller appreciation of life's incredible soundtrack.
- Better sound quality
- Easier-to-use controls
- T-MicTM Microphone for naturally focused hearing
- Built-in T-Coil for optimized sound
- Water-resistant, reliable design
- Effortless quick-connect earhooks
- Thousands of style options
- Flexible wearing options
C1 Recipient Enjoys Better Hearing with Harmony
See how Harmony has improved the hearing experience for this C1 recipient.
Hear Your Best in Noise with Harmony
Hearing in noise can be difficult even for those with normal hearing. You need to be able to hear in noisy work environments and follow conversations in loud restaurants to communicate successfully. Children need to hear in loud classrooms to learn effectively.
Independent research shows that, in noisy settings, AB’s Harmony helps your child or you to hear more of your world. In a recent study, all the recipients understood more sentences in noise with Harmony’s unique T-Mic than with a behind-the-ear (BTE) microphone.1
Hear Music with Harmony
Harmony is designed to deliver all the details, layers, and complexities that make music so textured, rich, and rewarding.
- HiRes Fidelity 120TM delivers 120 spectral bands so you or your child can hear more of the details needed for hearing and appreciating music.
- T-MicTM is fully compatible with earbuds for use with consumer electronic devices such as battery-powered MP3 players.
- AutoSoundTM automatically adjusts the volume as you listen, ensuring you don’t miss a note.
- Harmony’s wide Input Dynamic Range enables you or your child to hear more sound with less distortion so it’s easier to hear music, lyrics and individual instruments. An independent study shows that, for listening to music, Harmony recipients prefer a wide IDR over a narrow IDR (programmed like the competition).2
Experience the HiRes Fidelity 120 Difference
Play this demo to hear and see how Harmony’s HiRes Fidelity 120TM technology can help you or your child appreciate music.
Hear Your Best in the Classroom with Harmony
For a child’s language development, the best way to learn how to talk is to hear others speak. That’s why it’s so critical that a cochlear implant system allows children to hear speech best in real-world environments like pre-school classrooms and playgroups. Independent research proves that children using AB technology make faster progress in language development than children using competitive technology.3 With Harmony’s sophisticated technology, available only from AB, children benefit from learning language right alongside their normal-hearing peers.
Hear Speech Clearly with ClearVoice
AB’s ClearVoiceTM strategy, built on HiRes Fidelity 120TM technology, is designed to automatically analyze and adapt to each listening situation that you encounter throughout the day, separating the distracting noises from what you want to hear most - speech.
ClearVoice has been developed so that you can hear your spouse in a restaurant, your child in the car, your teacher in the classroom, or your favorite singer on the radio - without ever needing to change a program or make an adjustment to your sound processor.
The HarmonyTM HiResolutionTM Bionic Ear System with this groundbreaking technology innovation from AB is designed to provide you with these important benefits:
- Effortless listening across a range of environments
- Improved speech clarity in noisy situations
- Diminished stress and fatigue
References
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Gifford R. Speech Perception in a Realistic Background Noise: Effectiveness of Preprocessing Strategies and External Options for Improving the Signal-to-noise Ratio. Presentation at the 10th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies, San Diego, CA, April 10–12, 2008.
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