Oticon More Hearing Aids

The Oticon More Hearing Aid Range

Launching on January 13th 2021 - Oticon More is an innovative digital hearing aid that has been created to support how your brain works naturally.  Advancing on their already successful BrainHearing technology philosophy and combining the Deep Neural Network and the new Polaris platform.  Not only can Oticon More hearing aids connect to your smartphone via seamless Bluetooth technology and recharge while you sleep - you also get the full soundscape with Oticon More hearing aids.

So, what does this mean for your hearing?

• More of the meaningful sounds around you.
• More balance and clarity of all the little details.
• More captures of the special moments that sounds bring to life.

How do Oticon More hearing aids compare to OpnS hearing aids?

Oticon More hearing aids are the successor of the popular OpnS range and in a way, More picks up where OpnS left off.  By this, I mean advancing on their BrainHearing technology by combining a Deep Neural Network (DNN), which is powered by the new Polaris sound processing platform.   As if Oticon couldn't better the popular OpnS hearing aid range, it just did.  Oticon claims they have improved speech in understanding upto 15% more than OpnS.

But, how do Oticon More hearing aids do this?

Oticon recorded hearing situations around the world using a 360-degree spherical microphone to collect sounds from real-life situations.- 12 million to be exact!  This makes way for those with hearing loss to access a clear, complete and balanced sound scene.

Before now, historically sound processing systems have used theoretical models and human guesstimations of how to beneficially enhance speech and decrease background noise.  Oticon More hearing aids introduce a new technology - Deep Neural Network (DNN), which is designed to mirror the way the brain functions and develops their BrainHearing technology even further.  Making this technology more than your average artificial intelligence hearing aid software!

Breakdown of the Deep Neural Network Process within Oticon More hearing aids

1. Oticon recorded sounds from real life.
2. The recorded sounds trained the Deep Neural Network to recognise them.
3. The Deep Neural Network (part of the MoreSound Intelligence) offers accurate analysis and balancing of your full soundscape.
4. Quick and high-resolution sound amplification adapts according to your sound scene, using MoreSound Amplifier.

Oticon More Hearing Aids - The Rechargeable Style

Currently, the Oticon More hearing aid range is only available in a rechargeable RIC design.  The Oticon More miniRITE R is a discreet rechargeable style with the technology for you to gain from all relevant sounds.  It assists the brain in making sense of the sound you hear with the simplicity and convenience of a double push-button to control your volume and programmes.  Featuring seamless Bluetooth technology to pair to all your at-home devices.

Oticon states that you can get a full day of hearing and streaming in just 3 hours charge.  However, please be aware that they are generalising here - it all depends on the level of your hearing loss, use pattern, active features, sound environment, age of the battery and use of streaming.

What else is new for the Oticon More Hearing Aids?

MoreSound Intelligence - Advanced Sound Scene Processing

This captures, optimises and enhances sounds to provide wearers with access to complete sound - offering individual sounds more clarity with other singular sounds.

MoreSounds Amplifier - Balanced Amplification

This balances amplification quickly and precisely so that the all-important details and dynamics are audible and accessible to those with hearing loss.

Polaris Platform - The 'Backbone' of the Oticon More Hearing Aid Range

This new platform is purpose-built for digital hearing aids and provides the following:

• 16 x more capacity to deliver innovative algorithms.
• 64 processing channels.
• 2 x more speed and computation capacity.
• Deep Neural Network processing.
• 2 x more precise in 1.5-5kHz frequency bands.

So, what does this mean for hearing aid wearers?

With Oticon More hearing aids, people with hearing loss can gain from all relevant sounds that are successfully processed, balanced and can gain from a full sound scene.  This means that your brain receives an optimised input from all variations of meaningful sounds.

What about Bluetooth connectivity?

With Oticon More hearing aids, you can gain from connecting to both Android and Apple mobile phones and other Bluetooth devices. So you can stream music, talk on the phone and control your hearing aids - using the Oticon ON app.

Please remember that Android devices need to support Audio Streaming from Hearing Aids (ASHA) to allow direct streaming to Oticon More.

Oticon More Hearing Aids - Smartphone Compatibility

• Apple Devices: iOS 13.0 or later
• Android Devices: Android 8.0 or later

What colours are available in the Oticon More hearing aid range?

This hearing aid range is available in Silver, Silver Grey, Chroma Beige, Terracotta, Chestnut Brown, Steel Grey, Diamond Black and Hear Pink.

Oticon More Hearing Aids - Accessories

Which Oticon Accessories are Compatible with Oticon More Hearing Aids?

Here is a list of all the useful accessories that are compatible with Oticon More hearing aids and what their uses are.

Oticon ConnectClip is a:

• Wireless stereo headset.
• One to one microphone.
• Remote control.

Oticon TV Adapter 3.0:

• Easily used with the Oticon ON app for full control of your hearing aids.
• Needs no streamer.
• Has a 15 metres range.

Oticon Remote Control 3.0:

• Discreet shape and size.
• Easy to use.
• Great for everyday hearing aid adjustments.

Oticon EduMic:

• Easy to use.
• Long-lasting microphone.
• Can be worn in multiple ways.

Oticon More Hearing Aid Review

Oticon More Review

We asked our audiologists for patient feedback in regards to the Oticon More hearing aids and here is what we received:

• Audiologists have found them to be very easy for patients to accept.
• Patients continue to like the Oticon range of aids due to the natural sound and improvement in a speech in noise environment - the More has only advanced on this.
• The enhanced app is an improvement compared to previous Oticon apps as there is more functionality.
• Finally, they are very reliable and have not had any reported issues.