AI-powered hearing aids recognised with award at CES 2021

Widex has been recognised by Digital Trends Media Group with a Tech for Change Award at CES 2021 for its Widex Moment hearing aids. Recipients were selected based on innovations intended to make the world a better place, as displayed during CES.

Widex Moment was selected for having pioneered a digital hearing aid to incorporate dual artificial intelligence engines to improve real-time listening. The Widex Moment leverages ZeroDelay technology to reduce the standard sound delay from 7-10 milliseconds seconds to 0.5 milliseconds to give people with hearing loss the most natural hearing experience available.

Søren Hvidberg Nielsen, president of Widex US, said: “Hearing aids have historically delivered a ‘tinny’, tube-like sound due to the delay in digital sound processing; as the leader in natural sound, Widex could not stand for this. Our engineers have worked tirelessly for five years to overcome this technical challenge, and with our breakthrough Widex Moment hearing aids we’ve now succeeded.

“These intelligent devices go far beyond simply boosting speech perception, offering wearers a true-to-life sound experience that’s been elusive until now. We are honoured that Digital Trends Media Group recognised Widex Moment as an innovative, class-leading wearable and wellness device designed to make the world a better place through natural sound for all.”

Widex has pioneered the use of artificial intelligence to create a more personalised sound experience, which in turn leads to higher wearer acceptance and usage. Widex Moment leverages SoundSense Learn, an AI-based technology, to personalise hearing aid settings in two ways. 

First, Widex Moment learns how users prefer to hear their surroundings by analysing settings and guiding them through a series of A-B comparisons. Second, an advanced AI-algorithm draws from millions of user settings stored in the cloud to help personalise the listening experience. 

Furthermore, Widex Moment also includes the PureSound ZeroDelay technology, a parallel processing path that all but eliminates latency, resulting in a more natural sound without the “tinny” distortions associated with other hearing aids.