Starkey Professional Training & Education Newsletter | Issue 3
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Starkey Professional Training & Education Newsletter | Issue 3 Welcome to Starkey Hearing Technologies Welcome to issue 3 of our training newsletter. We have a 3D Ear Model - 3 times life size - worth £64 to give away to a lucky winner so Thank you to everyone who entered our be sure to click and enter for a chance to win. competition for the dementia lounge kit in the last issue. We are delighted to announce At Starkey Hearing Technologies we believe to Jane McCann from Salford Royal Audiology hear better is to live better and we are proud Department as the winner of the dementia kit. to offer you our Summit and Kinnect hearing Congratulations Jane! technology that connects and engages your patients into their world in more ways than In this issue we explore CROS and BICROS ever before. solutions. Starkey Hearing Technologies have a strong reputation for delivering exceptional We hope this information is useful and we look CROS and BICROS hearing solutions to support forward to supporting in clinic training. patients with single-sided hearing and unequal Best wishes, loss. In this issue our Education and Training The Starkey Team team look at this hearing technology in more detail alongside some of the benefits and challenges that are presented when fitting these types of solutions. STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES: SUMMIT CROS/BICROS SYSTEMS Introducing Summit CROS/BICROS Systems Starkey offer 3 Summit wireless CROS/ fitted to just the better hearing ear may be BICROS systems to our health service insufficient. The head shadow effect occurs customers, they allow a wide range of hearing when sound arriving on one side of the head is levels in the better ear to be appropriately physically obstructed by the head itself, which fitted whilst providing a robust connection for causes attenuation and filtering of sounds wireless transmission from an unaidable ear. before they reach the other side. Frequencies above 2000 Hz are attenuated by as much as We know that providing a solution for those 15-20dB, while frequencies below 1000 Hz are with unilateral hearing loss can be challenging typically attenuated by less than 10dB (Taylor, and I’d like to cover some of the main 2010; Upfold, 1980). challenges and solutions here, however I would also recommend you read our full white paper on fitting CROS/BICROS which has a higher Why do we need memories for level of detail and continues the advice from hearing aid alone settings? here, that white paper is at https://starkeypro. Starkey CROS/BICROS products allow manual com/pdfs/technical-papers/Considerations_ control of transmission of sound from the in_CROS_BiCROS_Fitting.pdf poorer hearing side in listening conditions that are unfavourable for CROS/BICROS systems Unilateral hearing loss (i.e., when noise is presented to the poorer- with an UNAIDABLE ear can be a hearing side). In each program it is possible to significant problem for patients say the devices are set to Hearing aid alone, CROS or BICROS allowing up to 4 choices Head shadow effect for the end user. Users can achieve better • Approximately 15 dB attenuation speech understanding in noise with a manually • Mostly in the high frequencies controlled CROS/BICROS system than with Speech Signal a conventional CROS/BICROS system when • Approximately 6.5 to 7 dB speech is presented to either ear, and noise attenuation of speech is presented from the front, back and side contralateral to the speech. The issue we are trying to overcome with a There is some robust evidence for the type of CROS fitting is the head shadow effect which situation where different configurations of the can significantly reduce detection of sounds CROS/BICROS systems and unilateral hearing arriving on the side of the poorer-hearing ear instruments could be recommended. The table and therefore traditional hearing aid solutions below summarises the advice. Comparison Speech Location Noise Location Outcome CROS vs. Unaided Front Poor Side CROS CROS vs. Unaided Better Side Front CROS CROS vs. Unilateral CIC Better Side Front CROS BICROS vs. Unilateral Front, Back Better Side BICROS Hearing Aid and Poor Side Verification Manufacturers such as Natus for the Aurical and Interacoustics for Callisto and Affinity have In the health services all hearing great guides on verification of CROS/BiCROS. instruments are routinely verified using Real Ear Measurements, CROS and BICROS systems should also be verified using REM. Wireless Transmission Proper fitting and verification of a CROS It is important to note that in order to get system should result in similar hearing a robust signal across the head for sound sensitivity of sounds arriving at either ear transmission our wireless system must be (Dillon, 2001). highly sophisticated. Starkey use a proprietary 900sync wireless technology for the CROS/ To verify a CROS/BICROS system we need to BiCROS system which provides a low energy, Present signals to the transmitter microphone ultra high-definition streamed audio signal in one location, and then measure from the live with quality, clarity and consistency of sound. receiver instrument in the better hearing ear. The technology processes sound quickly to In our white paper you will find details of how ensure there is no time lag for the transmitted to verify a CROS/BICROS systems using real signal, so streaming is done in real time. ear equipment. 900sync technology also allows your patient to receive signals from T.V. streamers, remote As real ear equipment set up is individual it controls and remote microphones direct to the is always best to approach your equipment hearing aids with no intermediate device. You manufacturer for details of how to verify using can read more about the wireless accessories the equipment you have. The process is usually available to your patients direct from simple when you understand how to control the Starkey Hearing Technologies at microphones for recording from the good ear http://www.starkeyconnect.co.uk/ and presenting a stimulus on the poorer ear. The Summit i1600 CROS/BICROS System Compatibility • Summit mini BTE 312 CROS is compatible with Summit mini BTE 312 • Summit BTE 13 CROS is compatible with Summit BTE 13 • Summit Power Plus BTE 13 CROS is compatible with Summit Power Plus BTE 13 Audio Information Special Features Audio Quality: 20 kHz sampling frequency • Clear and consistent wireless streaming using 900sync™ technology Radio Information Antenna type: Integral Dual Parallel Loop Antenna • Acuity OS 2 brings audibility and speech understanding to patients in any environment Operation frequency: 902-928 MHz Occupied bandwidth 300 kHz • Full Adaptive Directional functionality (99% BW): on the CROS transmitter Modulation: FSK • Telecoil standard in Summit CROS receivers Operating range: 1 m ™ mini BTE 312: -23 dBm • Compatible with SurfLink accessories Transmit Power: BTE 13: -25 dBm arriving at either ear. Power Plus BTE 13: -22 dBm HEAR BETTER. 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To view our full range, please visit https://uk.starkeypro.com/nhs/guides SUMMIT PROD UCT S For help and support, please contact Lesley Holland on 0800 042 0000, I N SUMMIT PRODI UCT S i2400/i2000/i1600 M BTE 312 email [email protected] THIN TUBE or chat to your Area Manager. (Size 3, Occluded) Measurement ANSI/IEC IEC OES ANSI/IEC IEC OES Fitting Guide i2400/i22cc00 Coupler0C/ouplie1r 62cc0 C0oupler Coupler 0 Peak OSPL90 (dB SPL) 130 136 120 126 10 ) 20 BTE 1L 3 HFA OSPL90 (dB SPL) 117 N/A 108 N/A H THIN TUBE ( 30 EARHOOK B 40 (Size 3, Occluded) d RTF OSPL90 (dB SPL) N/A 121 N/A 112 n 50 i l 60 e v e 70 Peak Gain (dB) 60 66 60 66 L ANSI/IEC IEC OES ANSI/IEC IEC OES 80 g n Measurement Fitting Guidi e 90 2cc Coupler Coupler 2cc Coupler Coupler r HFA Full-On Gain (dB) 51 N/A 49 N/A a e 100 H 110 RTF Full-On Gain (dB) N/A 57 N/A 57 -10 120 QuickPeak OSPL90 (dB SPL) 130 137 122 127 0 Reference Guide 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K 10 Frequency Range (Hz) <100-8100 <100-8600 <100-6800 <100-7700 ) L 20 HFA OSPL90 (dB SPL) 122 N/A 113 N/A H ( Frequency (Hz) 30 Reference Test Freq. (kHz) N/A 2.5 N/A 2.5 B d 40 RTF OSPL90 (dB SPL) N/A 136 N/A 119 n i 50 l Summit mini BTE 312 fitting range. HFA Frequencies (kHz) 1.0,1.6,2.5 N/A 1.0,1.6,2.5 N/A e v 60 e Peak Gain (dB) 70 75 68 73 L 70 g Reference Test Gain (dB) 40 46 31 37 n 80 i r a 90 HFA Full-On Gain (dB) 62 N/A 57 N/A e H 100 Equivalent Input Noise (dB) 25 25 32 32 Multiflex Tinnitus 110 RTF Full-On Gain (dB) N/A 75 N/A 61 120 Harmonic Distortion 250 500 1K 2K 4K 8K Technology Frequency Range (Hz) 500 Hz (%) <100-7600 <100-7800<3 <100-4<6300 <100-68<030 <3 Frequenc y (Hz ) CROS CompatibilityReference Test Freq.