Starkey Hearing Technologies developed hearing aid with artificial intelligence capabilities, fitness tracking, language translation, and more

Briefing

Starkey Hearing Technologies developed hearing aid with artificial intelligence capabilities, fitness tracking, language translation, and more

October 15, 2018

Briefing

  • Smart Hearing Aid – Hearing aid company Starkey Hearing Technologies developed new product, Livio AI, that leverages artificial intelligence to enable users to hear better by adjusting listening mode based on wearer’s environment
  • Fitness and Mental Health Tracker – Livio AI also has fitness tracker with sensors for counting steps and tracking daily physical activity, providing wellness scores for physical and mental health through smartphone app
  • Language Translation – Can translate 27 languages, which works with smartphone app to show translation to person user is having conversation with, while hearing aid speaks audio translation for user
  • Hands-Free Wearable – Allows wearers to take phone calls hands-free and stream audio of Netflix videos while they are playing on smart television
  • Future Features – Looks to add medical alert system to automatically detect falls among older wearers and send text message alerts to emergency contacts

Accelerator

Sector

Consumer Durables

Organization

Starkey Hearing Technologies

Source

Original Publication Date

August 27, 2018

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