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Vista V
Stay in the conversation in a wide range of listening situations.
Vista V automatically adjusts to your listening environment, enhancing the sounds you want to hear, while minimizing background noise, regardless of where speech is coming from.
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SoundSuite OS
Vista V features SoundSuite OS™, the highly advanced signal processing system that delivers an adaptable and personalized solution. Vista V is powered by the new Sonova PRISM™ (Processing Real-time Intelligent Sound Management) chip which offers double the memory of our previous chip.
How it works
When sounds enter the hearing instruments,
SoundSuite OS accurately classifies them into a range of eight key listening environments — from very quiet to complex noisy situations. SoundSuite OS then optimizes the listening experience to each client’s specific situation, blending environments into one of many thousand combinations.
What is new with Vista V
ActiveFocus improves SNR for one-to-one conversations in noisy environments.
The new 360 conversation in car manual program focuses on speech automatically for passengers, regardless of where they are seated.
Which technology level is best for you?
Improve quiet and challenging conversations with our latest advanced technology. You can select the technology level that best matches your listening lifestyle. Higher performance levels give you more features that automatically adjust your hearing aids to varied listening situations.
8 environments
Level 9
Noise
Conversation in noise
Music
Quiet
Conversation in a small group
Conversation in a crowd
Conversation in quiet
Conversation in loud noise
Premium performance in 8 environments, with our most sophisticated features that automatically enable you to focus on speech and know where it’s coming from regardless of whether you’re in a quiet environment, amongst a crowd, or in loud background noise. You can also confidently engage in a conversation in the car, thanks to a unique program that locates and amplifies speech from any direction, no matter where you are seated.
What you’re missing
Nothing. You’ve got everything you need.
Low complexity
High complexity
Sound mapping
Binaural microphone function, designed to compensate for acoustic cues, typically lost with hearing aids and needed for localization.
Speech from front
Auto Target Pro identifies and focuses on Speech from the front for more speech boost than other levels of technology. The dynamic noise reduction is active and adjustable to further reduce surrounding noise. For one-to-one conversations in loud noise, ActiveFocus engages a narrow, static beamformer to focus on speech directly from the front.
Speech from side
Speech from back
Auto Target Pro can speak from any direction identify and focus on while disturbing noises are reduced at the same time.
6 environments
Conversation in noise
Music
Quiet
Conversation in a small group
Conversation in a crowd
Conversation in quiet
Level 7
Advanced performance in 6 environments with a great feature that will help you focus on speech coming from the front and sides in challenging situations, improved awareness of where sounds come from and the ability
to hear in quiet situations, plus an automatic music program.
What you’re missing
The most sophisticated feature to focus on speech from different directions in
conversations with loud noise and in the car.
Low complexity
High complexity
Speech from front
Auto Target detects, focuses on and amplifies speech from the front. Dynamic noise reduction is active and adjustable to further reduce surrounding noise
Sound mapping
Binaural microphone function, designed to compensate for acoustic cues, typically lost with hearing aids and needed for localization.
Speech from side and back
Auto Target applies a wide front beam to capture speech partially from the sides.
Quiet
Conversation in quiet
Conversation in a crowd
Conversation in a small group
4 environments
Level 5
Standard performance in 4 environments that includes
a feature to help you to know where sounds are coming from and the ability to hear in quiet environments.
What you’re missing
An advanced noise reduction feature to further enhance
speech from the front and automatic engagement of a
music program.
Low complexity
High complexity
Sound mapping
Binaural microphone function, designed to compensate for acoustic cues, typically lost with hearing aids and needed for localization.
All high complexity situations
Applies a wide front beam capturing the speech from the front.
2 environments
Conversation in a crowd
Conversation in quiet
Level 3
The basics in 2 environments. Limited ability to adjust
automatically to accommodate multiple listening environments.
What you’re missing
Automatic adjustment for comfort in quiet and noisy
situations without speech.
Low complexity
High complexity
Pinna effect
Minimizes the typical loss of acoustic signals from hearing aids.
All high complexity situations
Applies a wide front beam capturing the speech from the front.
AutoMic
Level 1
Basic performance with ability to switch between manual programs for different listening situations. Basic
functionality with the Hearing Remote app.
What you’re missing
Everything else.
Low complexity
High complexity
Omni Directional
Minimizes the impact of acoustic cues typically lost with hearing aids.
All high complexity situations
AutoMic engages a wide front beam for speech from
the front, however listening environments are not applied for automatic optimization.