Absolutely. The MADSEN Astera has been out for roughly two years and we've had three or four software upgrades in that time. We've taken customer input, and as we're making changes to the platform to add new languages and such, we've been able to incorporate some of the customer input into new enhancements. Software upgrades can incrementally improve your audiometer without having to buy a new one. In the future, we could even envision optional upgrades or modules with further speech tests or specialty tests, for example. With a non-PC-based piece of equipment it tends to be, drop it off, plug it in, and you're stuck with that version for as long as you own that equipment, while upgrades are one of the many advantages of a PC-based system.
Amanda Cerka Mroz, AuD, CCC-A is Clinical Project Liaison at Otometrics.
Amanda Cerka
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