16/04/2010 by John Lloyd.

Product Launch

Oticon have now replaced the very successful Epoq range of hearing aids with the Agil and Agil Pro. This new family of extremely high performing hearing solutions takes speech understanding to a whole new level by protecting the natural spatial and speech cues embedded in a sound scene. The Agil is designed to support the brain’s natural process of understanding speech.

‘Moore’s law’ describes the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. This means that hearing aid models are replaced on average every two years.

The Agil Pro now has a micro-chip twice as fast as the Epoq which allows the hearing aid to maximise the potential of the key features it promotes including Spacial Awareness, Speech Guard, feedback suppression, surround sound directionality and speech enhancement. All technical features are shown  here.

The Agil Pro comes as ITE, BTE and a fantastic sleek new mini-BTE / RIC (not quite as small as the Audeo Smart but slightly more sturdy).

More reading about Oticon at Crystal Hearing UK - here

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06/04/2010 by John Lloyd.

ARE YOU RECYCLING YOUR HEARING AID BATTERIES?

Amongst the 600 million batteries ending up in landfill every year, 50 million are hearing aid batteries! Both these figures are unacceptable and are well behind the rest of Europe. Please do your part to help reduce this.

Rayovac has now signed up with one of the largest recycling schemes in the UK called ‘Battery Back’.

‘Battery Back’ now has 3000 collection points for batteries, including your hearing aid batteries, and we urge you to use these collection points, or to save your hearing aid batteries and hand them to your dispenser so that he/she can dispose of them accordingly. This is vital for the batteries that contain mercury, as the mercury eventually leaks back into the soil and can ultimately enter our water system and food chain. Mercury is highly poisonous and destroys our vital organs and nerve tissue.

To find your closest collection point visit:

http://www.wastecare.co.uk/battery/

More info at:

www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/sustainability/batteries/page30610.html

Mercury Free Hearing Aid Batteries - only £1.80 per pack

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