Phonak has launched its first Contralateral Routing of Signal (CROS) device with lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery technology.
The CROS B-R provides single-sided deaf (SSD) patients with rechargeable battery that lasts for one day of hearing from both sides with no battery worries.
‘Losing the function in one ear severely limits a person’s hearing on a variety of levels. They can have difficulty determining where an unseen sound originates from, such as oncoming traffic outside of their field of vision,’ said Christine Jones, vice president of audiology at Phonak US.
‘Holding a conversation in noisy environments is also extremely challenging, particularly when the speaker is on the non-hearing side. That’s why we’re so excited to introduce our rechargeable CROS B-R wireless device. It combines excellent hearing performance of a Phonak CROS device with the proven benefits of the Phonak rechargeable technology.’
The new device was said to offer excellent speech understanding in noisy environments thanks to Binaural Voice Stream Technology. As part of the Phonak CROS B product line, the CROS B-R system consists of the CROS device for the non-hearing ear and a Phonak Audéo B-R, in the other ear. The CROS B-R device microphone picks up sound from the non-hearing ear and wirelessly transfers it to the Audéo B-R instantaneously.
