Naída CI Terminology Flashcards
AB myPilot
Easy-to-use remote control offers status info and one-touch changes to programs, volume, and sensitivity settings
ComPilot
Brings together the accessibility of wireless connectivity, the convenience of a remote control, and reassurance of VoiceAlerts (spoken messages) all in one, simple, attractive device.
Easy wireless access to popular, commercially available Bluetooth devices as well as the ability to connect to TVs, FM systems, and a RemoteMic
UltraZoom
• Dual microphone technology focusing on sound located to the front of the listener
- Adaptive multi-channel beam forming technology
- improved speech understanding in noisy settings
DuoPhone
Streaming phone calls to both ears
Input on receiving ear simultaneously attenuated by 6 dB
ZoomControl
- Mic technology for focused hearing toward the left or right (and front or back)
- Provides 12dB of attenuation on non-focused side
QuickSync
- One-touch control of two processors.
* easy, simultaneously adjustments to volume and program settings
DirectTouch
Allows recipient to select desired direction for DuoPhone and ZoomControl by using the program button on the side on which the recipient wants to focus.
HIBAN
- Hearing Instrument Body Area Network
- wireless streaming platform from Phonak that integrates a variety of accessories with a Phonak hearing instrument or AB Naída CI sound processor to form a wireless network.
WindBlock
Reduces wind noise and improves comfort and ease of listening when in the presence of wind.
SoundRelax
Identities impulse/sudden, loud sounds and applies attenuation to improve comfort.
EchoBlock
Calculates reverberation and applies attenuation to the frequencies in which there is reverberation.
Improves comfort and ease of listening when in environments with echo or reverberation.
StereoZoom
Taking advantage of Binaural VoiceStream Technology
Bilateral beamformer that uses 4 microphones to create a narrow focus for communicating in noisy environments.
auto UltraZoom
Automatically enables and disables the adaptive directional microphone, UltraZoom, based on the recipient’s environment.
Roger
Uses adaptive digital wireless transmission to bridge the understanding gap in noise and over distance.
Current Steering
- Ability of the AB implant to direct electric current (or stimulation) between physical electrode contacts in order to deliver added spectral information.
- Possible because of multiple independent current sources
