Oticon Zircon 2 hearing aids overview
Oticon Zircon 2 hearing aids include the miniRITE R, miniRITE T, miniBTE R and miniBTE T models. Launched in March 2022 and built on the Polaris platform, Oticon expanded its hearing aid ranges and introduced Zircon, a new essential hearing aid family that also benefited from some of Oticon More’s popular technology. Such as BrainHearing technology and open sound experience – powered by the OpenSound Navigator.
There are also some newbies, like the MyMusic program feature, giving you a more premium music experience – more on this in the excerpt further down the page. This is the top performance level in the Zircon range; it offers the full feature set available.
Using OpenSound Navigator, Speech Guard and Supershield, Oticon Zircon hearing aids offer a premium sound experience even in those challenging environments – becoming accessible to more people with hearing loss. Featuring 2.4 GHZ Bluetooth technology, various connectivity options, rechargeable models, two performance levels and various fitting ranges.
Oticon Zircon 2 hearing aid styles and colours
The Oticon Zircon 2 hearing aids include two performance levels and two new miniBTE hearing aid styles, designed for those who are looking for a more discreet BTE device option. Effectively, this range supersedes the Ruby range. However, if you have severe to profound hearing and need a power hearing aid, you would still need to look at Ruby’s SP hearing solution, as Zircon currently doesn’t offer this.
Oticon Zircon 2 hearing aids are available in two rechargeable models, miniRIC R and miniBTE R, and two traditional battery models, miniRIC T and miniBTE T. The five colour choices available in this hearing aid range are: Chroma beige, silver grey, steel grey, chestnut brown and diamond black.
Main features
At this launch, Oticon brought out the first essential hearing aid range to include an open sound listening experience to the industry. It is also built upon Oticon BrainHearing technology, offering vital data for your brain to make better sense of the sound you hear. The result is a balanced 360-degree speech in all environments you find yourself in.
Bluetooth connectivity
Another benefit to Oticon Zircon hearing aids is the 2-way streaming capabilities. Giving you hands-free calls and videos using your iPhone devices and direct streaming with a selection of Android devices. In theory, if your Android device supports ASHA protocol, then you should be able to stream directly without any need for an additional accessory.
Our advice is that you check with your audiologist about smartphones and other devices with the Zircon 2 hearing aids. These hearing aids are also IP68 certified, which means they are resistant to dust and moisture.
What features do you lose when you compare Oticon Zircon 2 hearing aids with 1?
There is no OpenSound Navigator: This technology is built around Oticon’s BrainHearing philosophy and offers an open sound experience for its wearers. Gaining access to 360-degree speech that is both clear and balanced without the distractions of background noise.
This is the most beneficial feature of the Zircon platform, and if you can go for the premium product – Zircon 1 – we recommend that you do to take full advantage of this platform and this feature.
There is no Speech Guard: This feature improves speech understanding in noisy and challenging listening environments. This works really well alongside the OpenSound Navigator – making speech less distorted and greatly improving speech understanding.
There is no Transient Noise Management: This feature is created to make transient sounds more comfortable for the wearer. Without this feature, transient sounds could be loud and/or abrasive.
However, you are still benefiting from all of the sound quality features like processing channels and bass boost for streaming. As well as personalisation, optimised fitting features and the same connectivity with Zircon 2.
It is important that you speak with your local audiologist to go through what you want from your hearing aid, your level of hearing loss, lifestyle and more to determine which technology level best suits you.
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