Starkey Unveils Livio Edge AI Custom Rechargeable Hearing Aid
Starkey’s new Livio Edge AI hearing aid, previewed at Starkey Hearing Innovation Expo 2020 in Las Vegas, is the first custom in-ear hearing aid to power 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity with an integrated lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Featuring new smartphone apps, a new remote Table Mic accessory, and flexible audio streaming from Apple, Samsung, and Google Pixel phones, the new hearing aids are scheduled to start shipping to U.S. customers in February.
Starkey announced custom in-the-ear Livio AI hearing aids today at the #StarkeyExpo ... Coverage from Hearing Tracker's @HearingMojo, including Q&A from @BrandonSawalich and @AchinBhowmik, coming soon. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/dXCQyTHw4h
— Hearing Tracker (@HearingTracker) January 17, 2020
Livio AI in a custom in-ear form factor
Like the popular Starkey Livio AI receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) hearing aids, new Livio Edge AI custom devices have integrated biosensors that work with your smartphone to enable features including fitness tracking, with activity updates such as your step count and time spent exercises; cognitive activity tracking measuring your social engagement and “active listening” time; real-time in-ear translation of 27 languages; voice-to-text transcription; and fall detection with automatic alerts to remote caregivers.
Our great line of accessories will have the addition of the new table mic coming Spring 2020 all compatible with Livio AI and Livio AI Edge custom rechargeable! @starkeyhearing #StarkeyExpo #audpeeps pic.twitter.com/5N0CSyz3Tr
— Starkey UK (@Starkey_UK) January 17, 2020
New Livio AI features
The new hearing aids also include new, previously unavailable features, including:
- Voice-activated commands and reminders - provides voice access to Siri on your phone as well as in-ear and on-screen notifications for tasks like taking medications.
- “Edge Mode” - on-demand, automatic, active tuning to adjust to challenging listening environments with a double finger-tap.
- In-ear rechargeability - the first rechargeable custom, in-ear hearing aid featuring 2.4 GHz wireless streaming, with 23 hours of battery life for hearing and four hours of streaming on a fast 3.5-hour charge.
Smartphone Apps
The new Livio Edge AI hearing aids also come with new and improved smartphone apps:
Thrive App — Starkey’s popular hearing aid control and health-monitoring app has been improved with a new, more intuitive streamlined user interface. The app takes real-time data from sensors in the hearing aids to monitor and measure steps, exercise time, social engagement and other health-related information.
Thrive Care App — provides a wireless web-based connection to caregivers, enabling them to remotely monitor the same health and physical activity measures available to the wearer.
Balance Builder App — supplements the fall detection and alert capability in Livio AI and Livio Edge AI hearing aid by leading the wearer through at-home exercises designed to improve balance, stability, strength and gait. The app monitors the user’s movements detected from sensors in the hearing aids, providing feedback for constant improvement.
It’s also important to train your brain for mental health! You can measure how much you’re using both your body AND your brain by using the Thrive Hearing App and Livio AI hearing aids to measure your steps and brain score! pic.twitter.com/y6UksaG88z
— StarkeyMEA (@starkey_mea) November 28, 2019
Table Mic remote microphone
The new Table Mic is a compact set of remote microphones that can automatically pick up users’ voices around a conference table and wirelessly transmit stream to the new hearing aids while suppressing unwanted environmental sounds.
Starkey’s new Table Mic automatically picks up users’ voices around a conference table and wirelessly streams audio to the Livio Edge AI hearing aids while suppressing unwanted environmental sounds
I just ordered a pair in the UK. Livio AI 2400 RIC Rechargeable is £3545 at Boots. Best price I could find.
I heard additional details were going to be released this week (2/24/20). Have any of the professionals heard from Starkey? I tried chatting - and received vague responses with - please check with your local authorized care provider.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
How would these new Livios that can count steps, go with the core task that is the reason for buying hearing aids in the first place - aiding hearing?
Any new processors, software, microphones - or is it all about hogo fogo?
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