Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. announces the patent-pending VoiceMic™· directional microphone system is now available as an option in half-shell models of MUSIC® and INFINITI™ 3, and will soon be available in PRISMA™ half-shell models as well.
Previously available only in the ITE models of MUSIC and INFINITI 3, the design breakthrough by Siemens allows closer spacing of microphone ports to fit half-shell models, with no loss of performance. The wearer selects between directional and omnidirectional mode with an intuitive switch on the
faceplate. Manual volume control is standard with VoiceMic, although it will be possible to order VoiceMic instruments without this feature.
Siemens reports that directional microphone systems have been proven to enhance understanding of speech in noisy environments. At clinical trials conducted at Vanderbilt University¡¦s Bill Wilkerson Center, Nashville, Tennessee and Towson University, Towson, Maryland, VoiceMic was shown to have a high directivity index, low noise and high sensitivity.
VoiceMic™ Debuts in Half-Shell
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