Introducing ReSound LiNX Quattro™

Unprecedented Layers of Sound™ and the world’s most advanced rechargeable hearing aid solution
14 August 2018
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Agenda

1. Premium-Plus: a new category in hearing aids

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

2. New chip platform

Brian Dam Pedersen, Chief Technical Officer

3. Layers of Sound™ beyond comparison

Laurel Christensen, Chief Audiology Officer

4. World’s most advanced rechargeable solution

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

5. Wrap up and Q&A

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President
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GN’s heritage as industry pioneer

• GN Hearing is pioneering and defining the new

industry leading audiological solutions

• “Sound quality” – more than just two words –

comprises GN’s expertise in engineering,
audiology and continuous scientific research that
has defined multiple industry breakthroughs

• ReSound’s audiological philosophy has always

1992 1996 2008 2013 been to move the needle towards a fuller, clearer
1st DSP used in a 1st Fully Digital 1st Asymmetric 1st Made for Apple and richer sound experience
Hearing Aid Hearing Aid Directionality Hearing Aid

1988 1993 2003 2010 2017

1st WDRC used 1stDFS used in 1st Open Mini BTE 1st2.4GHz 1st RFT
in a Hearing Aid a Hearing Aid Hearing Aid Hearing Aid
1st BD
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GN Hearing introduces world’s first Premium-Plus hearing aid:

ReSound LiNX Quattro™

Unprecedented Layers of Sound™

&

The world’s most advanced rechargeable solution

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Premium-Plus
ReSound LiNX Quattro™ defines a
new category in hearing aids
Powered by new technology, including a new chip
platform, ReSound LiNX Quattro™ offers a combination
of unmatched sound quality and rechargeability, while
further expanding GN Hearing’s leadership within 2.4
GHz connectivity and remote fine-tuning:
• Sound quality: Highest input dynamic range available
and extended high frequencies
✓ Sounds are processed in increased detail at all
input levels
✓ Superior sound quality where softer sounds are
clearer and louder sounds are fuller and distortion-
free
• Rechargeability: Longest rechargeable battery life
available
✓ 24 hours of use even when streaming 50% of the
time
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Agenda

1. Premium-Plus: a new category in hearing aids

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

2. New chip platform

Brian Dam Pedersen, Chief Technical Officer

3. Layers of Sound™ beyond comparison

Laurel Christensen, Chief Audiology Officer

4. World’s most advanced rechargeable solution

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

5. Wrap up and Q&A

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President
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A completely new chip platform

• New chip platform

• Completely rewritten sound processing package
• Redesigned wireless radio with extra signal
strength
• Unique utilization of microphones
• Sounds are passed to the amplifier without
being altered
• Brilliant sound experience beyond compare with
Layers of Sound™

Inspiring confidence
in the moments that matter most

© NASA
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Multiple chip upgrades lead to significantly better hearing experience

6th generation of 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity - 100% faster processing & 100% more memory

GN Hearing Hybrid
Simplified definition: A hybrid is a PCB assembly containing the chips
Below are the chips illustated that normally goes on a GN Hearing Chipset

New
Analogue to digital converter Digital Sound Processor
(AD) chip (DSP) chip
New
Converts analogue sound to a The ”brain” of the HI that
digital representation ready for manipulates the sound to
External
processing by the HI compensate the hearing loss of the
Sound
user
captured by
HI New New
microphones Radio chip
Power Management chip

Connection
Ensures correct voltage to the Controls the 2.4 GHz connection with
with phone
Chips developed by GN Hearing other chips on the hybrid accessories and phones and the
connection between the 2 HIs Connection and
with 2nd HI accessories
Chips purchased externally

116dB SPL 9.5 kHz 5dB 100% 100% 25%

Industry’s highest input 50% faster sampling Improvement on the Faster computing time More memory on the Reduction in battery
dynamic range rate supports the new new radio chip – better on the DSP DSP consumption when
extended bandwidth ear-to-ear performance streaming

© NASA
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Agenda

1. Premium-Plus: a new category in hearing aids

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

2. New chip platform

Brian Dam Pedersen, Chief Technical Officer

3. Layers of Sound™ beyond comparison

Laurel Christensen, Chief Audiology Officer

4. World’s most advanced rechargeable solution

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

5. Wrap up and Q&A

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President
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Sound pressure scale ReSound LiNX Quattro™ has

ReSound LiNX Quattro™
process sound up to 116 dB SPL 116
the highest input dynamic
Clarinet 85 – 114 dB SPL range available
Increase of 12 dB SPL

105
Cello 85 – 111 dB SPL • ReSound LiNX Quattro™ sets a new industry
Average dynamic limit
standard with highest input dynamic range
proces sound up to 104 dB SPL

Cinema up to 105 dB SPL • Enhancing the ability of hearing aids to process

sound at all input levels in more detail

• Softer sounds are clearer and loud sounds

Violin 82 – 92 dB SPL fuller and distortion-free

• ReSound LiNX Quattro™ provides access to full

80 sound potential using MEMS1 microphones
Normal conversational
speech, 1 m 60 – 65 dB SPL
60

0
dB (SPL)

1: MicroElectrical-Mechanical System
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ReSound LiNX Quattro™ offers

a richer sound experience
Average Bandwidth ReSound LiNX Quattro™
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• Effective upper frequency limit of most hearing
5 aids is 5-6 kHz

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• ReSound LiNX 3D™ already provided an upper
frequency limit of 7.5 kHz
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• ReSound LiNX Quattro™ extends the upper
Amplitude dB (SPL)

frequency level up to 9.5 kHz, giving the user with

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a richer sound experience
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”This is better than anything I have heard in a

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long time. What I’ve got is a more complete
auditory environment. It starts sounding like
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music. This is pretty impressive”
-30 Professor Andrew Hugill
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frequency kHz
Composer and musicologist who ceased playing live concerts
after Meniere’s disease diagnosis
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ReSound LiNX Quattro™ has a

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positive influence on spatial 8

0

perception and provides 7

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confidence in every environment 6

5 -10

• Spatial Sense preserves and aligns localization

4
cues that result in externalized sound -15

Frequency (kHz)
3
• Due to the preserved localization cues

Intensity (dB)
extending to an even wider frequency 2
-20
bandwidth than previously, users have access 1
to more cues that contribute to localization
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0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Degrees (°)

• Brief loud sounds – like jangling keys – can be

annoying when heard through a hearing aid
NO INR INR ON
• Impulse Noise Reduction (INR) recognizes this
type of sounds and instantaneously reduces
amplification when they occur, resulting into
smooth and pleasant sound quality
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Layers of Sound™
brilliant sound experience
beyond compare with access
to the finer details

• The dynamic input range of a hearing aid has

a crucial impact on the sound quality of music
• While the primary goal of hearing aids is to
hear and communicate with others, the
hearing aid’s ability to faithfully reproduce
music is the ultimate test of sound quality
• Resulting in a brilliant sound experience with ReSound LiNX Quattro™
Layers of Sound™ and access to the finer
details 95% Other premium hearing aids
ReSound LiNX Quattro™ is preferred for music
listening, compared to other premium hearing aids

Jespersen et al., 2018

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ReSound LiNX Quattro™ has

full spectrum of streaming

• GN Hearing, the first hearing aid manufacturer to

implement Made for Apple direct streaming, has
been granted broader bandwidth access
compared to other manufacturers
• ReSound LiNX Quattro™ can fully reproduce full
bandwidth of streamed signal
• With clearer, fuller and richer sounds, it is possible
to enjoy the finer details again – all streamed
directly to the hearing aids
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ReSound Assist™
Improved hearing care through
remote fine-tuning
• A significant part of day-to-day communication
takes place through smartphones and apps.
With ReSound LiNX Quattro™, adjustments
can be made anywhere, anytime, based on
users’ individual needs and preferences

• Remote fine-tuning through ReSound Assist™

provides improved hearing care in between
scheduled clinic appointments

100% 94% Benefits for Patients Benefits for HCP’s

• Convenience • Improved user engagement
• Real-time feedback to HCP • Enhanced level of care
100% of HCPs using remote fine 94% of HCPs say it helps them provide • Adjustments based on real • Reduced number of necessary
tuning recommend it their clients with a better life user experience fine-tuning adjustments
hearing experience. Raun, 2018
• Confidence that hearing care • More efficient fittings through
is right at your fingertips direct feedback from users
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Agenda

1. Premium-Plus: a new category in hearing aids

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

2. New chip platform

Brian Dam Pedersen, Chief Technical Officer

3. Layers of Sound™ beyond comparison

Laurel Christensen, Chief Audiology Officer

4. World’s most advanced rechargeable solution

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

5. Wrap up and Q&A

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President
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ReSound LiNX Quattro™ is the

world’s most advanced
rechargeable solution
• ReSound LiNX Quattro™ is the smallest & longest
lasting 2.4 GHz integrated Li-ion rechargeable
hearing aid in the market – with the smallest
portable charger available, holding 3 extra charges

Quick and long-lasting power – full confidence:

HOURS OF
CHARGING TIME
BATTERY LIFE

The most intuitive Li-ion rechargeable hearing aid in the market:

<30 8 out of 10 users are able to set up and use the charger in less 30
secs than 30 seconds without instructions, which is twice as many as 3 hours =
for other rechargeable hearing aids 24 With 50% of
streaming time

Groth, 2018 10 minutes = 2.7

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Agenda

1. Premium-Plus: a new category in hearing aids

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

2. New chip platform

Brian Dam Pedersen, Chief Technical Officer

3. Layers of Sound™ beyond comparison

Laurel Christensen, Chief Audiology Officer

4. World’s most advanced rechargeable solution

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President

5. Wrap up and Q&A

Anders Hedegaard, CEO & President
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Premium-Plus
ReSound LiNX Quattro™, and
Beltone Amaze™, will be rolled out
starting end of August 2018
Products will be launched in a new Premium-Plus
price point in RIE (receiver in the ear) form factor as

• Rechargeable

• Replaceable battery solution

The ReSound LiNX 3D™ product family – launched

in May 2017 – continues to be available as a
premium choice
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ReSound product range in Premium-Plus and Premium categories

Premium-Plus
ReSound LiNX Quattro

Premium
ReSound LiNX 3D
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ReSound LiNX Quattro™

target group

• Designed and engineered to go beyond the

basics

• Designed and engineered to give people with

hearing loss a higher degree of confidence

• Designed and engineered for people who want the

very best that technology has to offer

» A Premium-Plus solution for people who in social

and professional settings desire great speech
intelligibility in noisy situations and demand a
brilliant sound experience with access to
Layers of Sound™
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ReSound LiNX Quattro™

Unprecedented Layers of Sound™

&

The world’s most advanced rechargeable solution

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