About Signia
Signia is one of the largest hearing aid brands in the world and were previously known as Siemens prior to an acquisition by Sivantos in 2015.
Siemens, now known as Signia, was an early pioneer in the commercial electronic hearing aid industry, introducing its first product in 1913. It played a significant role in popularizing BTE (Behind-the-Ear) and ITE (In-the-Ear) styles, being among the first to market these designs in 1959 and 1966, respectively. Siemens was also a trailblazer in electronic miniaturization, developing the initial hearing aids with directional microphones. Notably, in 2004, Siemens achieved another milestone by creating the first wireless ear-to-ear connectivity system, enabling coordination and balance of sound inputs between paired hearing aids.
Signia Intergrated Xperience Hearing Aids
Signia’s latest platform is called Signia Integrated Xperience which aims to unleash the power of conversation.
It does this by offering:
Natural, Effortless Conversations with RealTime Conversation Enhancement Technology
Group conversations in noisy environments pose significant challenges for individuals with hearing impairments, often hindering their participation and contribution.
RealTime Conversation Enhancement tackles this issue by analysing the conversation context, identifying conversation partners, and creating an enhanced auditory environment that amplifies speech while dynamically adjusting to changes in conversation dynamics, without the hearing aid wearer needing to worry!
In a simulated group conversation scenario, 95% of participants demonstrated improved performance with RealTime Conversation Enhancement, highlighting its effectiveness in real-world situations3.
Market Leading Rechargeable Technology
Signia offers rechargeability across stylish, discreet, and functional models, to suit the needs of hearing aid wearers of all types and backgrounds.
A hearing Professional in Your Pocket: Signia Assistant
Using artificial intelligence, the Signia Assistant offers immediate support whenever you need to adjust settings, or it can help connect to your clinician remotely using TeleCare.
A Formidable Selection of Form Factors
Signia’s IX platform is available across many popular styles and models including:
- Styletto IX: rechargeable slim receiver in the canal
- Pure Charge&Go IX: conventional receiver in the canal
- Silk Charge&Go IX: The world’s only instant fit Completely-in-canal (CIC) model
- Insio IX: Signia’s smallest and most discreet custom hearing aids, designed to fit perfectly in your ear.
Signia Intergrated Xperience Key Features and Benefits
Multi-Stream Architecture and RealTime Conversation Enhancement
Signia’s IX platform provides an advanced way to tackle a common problem those with hearing loss face, hearing well in background noise. Whilst most manufacturers use focused, directional microphones to improve hearing in noise, Signia takes that one step further, being able to track voices all around the wearer, even as they move, meaning a hearing aid wearer can stay in the moment without having to consciously move their head or press a button.
RealTime conversation enhancement also works for multiple conversation partners, making it perfect for any situation where listening to multiple people at once is important.
To do this, RealTime conversation enhancement:
- Analyses: 192,000 data points per second to detect speakers and analyse conversation dynamics.
- Augments: Multiple focus streams that lock onto and dynamically highlight each speaker’s voice in noise. At the same time, Augmented Focus™ split processing technology processes background sound to ensure a comfortable immersive conversational experience without distractions.
- Adapts: Signia’s patented Multi-Stream Architecture updates 1,000 times per second, merging focus streams into dynamic auditory space that adapts to evolving conversations. This allows the real-time tracking and enhancement of multiple moving speakers, ensuring wearers can fully engage in group conversations.
Future Proof Connectivity
Signia devices are ready for the future Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) Audio standard, Auracast.
They also support:
- ASHA (Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids)
- Made for iPhone
- Optional Bluetooth connectivity via streamer for older, legacy Bluetooth devices
Future Proof Connectivity
Signia devices are ready for the future Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) Audio standard, Auracast.
They also support:
- ASHA (Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids)
- Made for iPhone
- Optional Bluetooth connectivity via streamer for older, legacy Bluetooth devices
What Makes Signia Unique?
There are several features, styles and products Signia offer which make them stand out from the rest:
Integrated Xperience: Multistream Architecture and RealTime Conversation Enhancement
Conventional hearing aids can have limitations in noisy situations and when there are multiple people who are part of the conversation. In an effort to provide exceptional hearing in the most complex situations, Signia’s newest platform, Integrated Xperience (IX), introduces the world’s first multi-stream architecture in a hearing aid. Expanding on the “focus” technology introduced in 2022, Signia IX hearing aids can divide the captured sound into multiple streams originating from different directions around the wearer (three from the front and one from the back).
These streams are then individually analysed and processed, and the hearing aids is capable of making fine adjustments 1000 times a second, resulting in an amazingly responsive and smooth automatic hearing aid Xperience. Overall, Signia’s IX Multistream architecture enables their hearing aids to identify, enhance, and track the locations of multiple conversation partners, even as they move.
Own Voice Processing (OVP™) 2.0
A common challenge for hearing aid wearers is that hearing aids can dramatically alter the sound of their own voice. Signia has a unique approach to solving this problem using specialised signal processing, called ‘Own Voice Processing’.
Own Voice Processing teaches the hearing aid to recognise your voice, using some simple tests during the hearing aid fitting process. It listens to your voice during the fitting and remembers how it sounds. Then, when you speak, it switches to a special mode to make your voice clearer. But when you’re not talking, it works like a regular hearing aid, making all sounds louder as needed. Using some clever processing, Signia hearing aids fitted in a pair are able to analyse and reduce the perception of a hearing aid wearers voice automatically, making it more comfortable and less distracting for them to wear their hearing aids.
Unique Forms and Styles
Signia hearing aids offer some of the most innovative and stylish options for hearing aid wearers to consider:
Signia Styletto
The great conversation starter! Signia continues to set the trend for hearing aids across the globe, with its Styletto model.
- Slim and unique in seven different colours
- Instant comfort and clarity
- Rechargeable and with a wireless charging case
- Future-proof connectivity
- Personalized control via app
- Powered by Signia’s IX platform
Silk Charge&Go IX
- The world’s only instant fit CIC with which means it can be fitted without an ear impression.
- It’s ultra discreet, with great rechargeable battery life.
- Advanced technology, such as Binaural OneMic Directionality 2.0.
- Powered by Signia’s IX platform
Silk Charge&Go IX
- The world’s only instant fit CIC with which means it can be fitted without an ear impression.
- It’s ultra discreet, with great rechargeable battery life.
- Advanced technology, such as Binaural OneMic Directionality 2.0.
- Powered by Signia’s IX platform
CROS IX
Signia provides three CROS form factor options, allowing more flexibility for those with single sided hearing loss wanting to take advantage of the Integrated Xperience.
- Styletto CROS IX
- CROS Pure Charge&Go IX
- CROS Silk IX
Signia’s IX platform delivers an upgraded CROS technology, with a boosted dynamic range that’s designed to deliver even more transparency and clarity, especially in challenging listening situations.
World Class Connectivity
Signia IX hearing aids are Made for iPhone (MFi) and Android compatible for smart devices supporting the ASHA (Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids) protocol. For the older-generation and legacy products without these, Signia sells Bluetooth streaming accessories (listed at the bottom of this page) that allow you to stream audio from Android and most other Bluetooth-enabled devices.
Signia IX is among the first hearing aids to support Bluetooth LE Auracast broadcast technology. Auracast is a new Bluetooth platform that allows devices like smartphones, laptops, TVs, and PA systems to broadcast audio to multiple Bluetooth receivers nearby, including hearing aids, cochlear implants, earbuds, hearables, and other Auracast-enabled devices.
Signia Assistant
Signia Assistant is an app based virtual assistant feature powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Signia Assistant is trained to learn what adjustments you make in what environments, resulting in programming changes that reflect your preferences and hearing capabilities. It can also be used to troubleshoot between appointments, so it’s like your very own personal hearing aid assistant who is available 24/7.
Focus Hearing: Experienced Signia Specialists
At Focus Hearing, our dedicated team of clinicians are extensively trained in the latest Signia Integrated Xperience hearing aids, and have broad experience having worked with Signia technology since the clinic opened in 2013. Focus Hearing’s hearing specialists are committed to providing personalised hearing care and can offer tailored expert consultations for individuals considering Signia hearing aids and accessories as part of their comprehensive hearing rehabilitation program.
You can schedule appointments conveniently at either our Crows Nest or Central Coast locations. Our welcoming and professional environment ensures that you receive top-notch service and guidance throughout your journey to better hearing with Signia Integrated Xperience.
Hearing Tests From an Independent Hearing Test Centre
Focus Hearing gives you a complete understanding of your hearing ability through a consultation, including looking at your hearing history, health, and a full diagnostic test.
This is the only proper way how to check hearing loss, not with a quick 15-minute ‘screening test’ offered by some centres.