ReSound recently launched its new state-of-the-art LiNX hearing aids at a press event in Manhattan. The NYC event featured the Harlem Gospel Choir, a live demonstration of the new device, and a panel discussion with users and developers.

Pictured from left to right: Laurel Christensen, Chief Audiology Officer, GN ReSound, Morten Hansen, Vice President of Partnerships and Connectivity, GN ReSound, Dick Loizeaux, Wearer of ReSound LiNX, Dr. Ken Smith, Wearer and Audiologist based in the bay area, Lars Viksmoen, CEO, GN ReSound.

Pictured from left to right are: Laurel Christensen, ReSound chief audiology officer, Morten Hansen, ReSound vice president of partnerships and connectivity, Dick Loizeaux, ReSound LiNX user, Ken Smith, PhD, audiologist/LiNX wearer,and Lars Viksmoen, CEO, GN ReSound.

The LiNX is the first hearing aid capable of streaming high-quality stereo sound from an iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® without the need for an additional pendant-like device. Users can also customize their hearing experience through the ReSound Smart App™.

ReSound LiNX features:

  • The latest and most advanced version of Surround Sound by ReSound™ – an integrated sound processing technology providing top-rated quality sound.
  • Direct streaming of sound from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, allowing wearers to utilize their hearing aids to talk on the phone and listen to music in high-quality stereo sound without the need for an additional remote control, accessory or pendant.
  • The accompanying ReSound Smart App, which allows users to set preferred volume levels as well as treble/bass settings, and use geo-tagging to assign and adjust to the acoustics of frequently visited places like home, work, favorite restaurants and more. ReSound Smart™ also features a “Find My Hearing Aid” function to help users pinpoint their hearing aids if misplaced.
  • ReSound LiNX is the smallest wireless Receiver-in-the-Ear hearing aid brought to market by GN ReSound, yet powerful enough to address 90% of all hearing losses.
  • GN ReSound’s unique 3rd generation 2.4 GHz wireless technology, based on the all new SmartRange™ chipset, is the foundation of this latest technological breakthrough.
  • ReSound LiNX is the first hearing aid on the market to integrate SmartRange with Bluetooth® Smart technology.

“We saw an opportunity to create the world’s best hearing aid by combining the capability of GN ReSound’s life-changing technologies with the compatibility and global prevalence of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch,” shares Lars Viksmoen, GN ReSound CEO. “We are committed to improving peoples’ lives through [the] use of innovative technology and look forward to more people correcting their hearing with this new technology – a triumph in accessibility for the hearing impaired,” he adds.

Lars Viksmoen, CEO, GN ReSound

Lars Viksmoen, CEO, GN ReSound

This advance in hearing aid technology is also available as Beltone First™, the sister brand of ReSound. ReSound LiNX and Beltone First™ will be available through a global network of hearing care professionals.

ReSound LiNX recently earned a 2014 Consumer Electronics Show Design and Engineering Award honoree in the Accessible and Universal Design product category.

Pictured from left to right are: Todd Murray, President, Beltone, Lars Viksmoen, CEO GN ReSound, and Kim Herman, US president of ReSound.

Pictured from left to right are: Todd Murray, President, Beltone, Lars Viksmoen, CEO GN ReSound, and Kim Herman, US president of ReSound.

Source: resoundlinx.com