Starkey Edge Mode Instructions
- June 6, 2024
- Starkey
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Starkey Edge Mode Instructions
Edge Mode is an on-demand feature of our Livio Edge AI hearing aids that uses on-board AI to enable instant, optimized noise management and speech audibility adjustments when patients are in challenging listening environments.
Who will benefit
Edge Mode is for any patient who regularly encounters challenging listening environments and wants to temporarily activate more significant noise management adjustments.
Why patients will want it
No matter how well a hearing aid is programmed, at some point patients will encounter situations where the acoustic environment is unpredictable or challenging. Edge Mode was engineered to make those moments more audible and comfortable.
How it works
In a difficult listening situation — when a pre-set memory just won’t do — patients can activate Edge Mode with either a double tap or short press of their Livio Edge AI hearing aids.
Once activated, Edge Mode instantly conducts an AI-based analysis of the current listening environmentand makes adjustments to gain, noise management and directionality.
These smart, immediate adjustments temporarily optimize listening clarity and comfort in those challenging environments.
How it helps you
Problem — Despite the best automated noise management systems, it is nearly impossible to predict every situation a patient will encounter. Until now, your choices have been to:
- Fine-tune the hearing aid via constant back and forth office visits
- Make inferences based on patient reactions in the clinic
- Rely on the patient to change programs as they move through different environments
These options can be time consuming, imprecise, and lead to patient frustration.
Solution — Edge Mode solves the fitting dilemma and helps improve the listening experience by providing patients with an easy, on-demand way to enhance speech understanding in those extra-challenging instances when preset programs aren’t enough, or anytime a patient wants an extra edge.
Proof points
Once activated, Edge Mode provides a unique professional-quality adjustment based on acoustic environmental data, proprietary data and insights derived from published research¹ and predicted listening intent.
Figure 1. Preference count of Edge Mode vs normal settings from 15 hearing-
impaired participants.
Set-up
Professionals — Download this QuickTIP to see how to turn Edge Mode on in Inspire X.
Patients — Can watch this video to see how to activate it.
To learn more
- Visit StarkeyPro.com/Government/Livio-AI
- Read our white papers
- Check out training opportunities
- Contact your Government Services Audiologist today
REFERENCES
1 Wolters, Smeds, Schmidt, Christensen & Norup, 2016; Jenstad, Van Tasell & Ewert, 2003
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