Sonova Unveils World’s First AI-Powered Hearing Aid to Improve Speech Clarity

Sonova, a Swiss-based company, made headlines by introducing Phonak Audeo Sphere Infinio, the world’s first hearing aid equipped with real-time artificial intelligence (AI) designed to enhance speech clarity, even in noisy environments.

Alongside the launch of Sphere Infinio, Sonova has also introduced its latest Phonak Infinio platform. The new hearing aids marks the company’s biggest releases.

Arnd Kaldowski, Sonova’s Group CEO says: “Solving the speech-in-noise problem is the long-standing goal of modern hearing aid development and essential to improving the quality of life of millions of people with hearing loss. While every user would state we have come a long way in the last 10 years, they will say they still can’t understand conversations as well as they would like to, when background noise is present, like in many crowded places, such as public transport or restaurants. We are convinced that with our new technology, we can make a significant difference for people in need.”  

The Sphere Infinio hearing aid is set to be the first hearing aid powered by dual chip AI technology. It also comes with Deepsonic AI / Deep Neural Network (AI / DNN) chip in order to provide optimal speech understanding in background noise, addressing the ‘speech-in-noise’ problem.

This advancement sets a new benchmark in hearing aid capabilities, significantly enhancing user experience.