Starkey Evolv AI - A Hearing Aid That Just Gets On With It
Hearing aids have come a long way. And these days, you shouldn’t have to spend your day thinking about your hearing aids.
The Starkey Evolv AI is designed to do a lot of the work quietly in the background, automatically adjusting to what’s happening around you without you needing to constantly change settings.
In fact, it can make up to 55 million automatic adjustments per hour.
The idea is simple: you put your hearing aids in and get on with your day.
Where it can make the biggest difference
For many people, hearing isn’t necessarily a problem when they’re sitting quietly at home. It’s when life gets a little more complicated.
A busy café. A family dinner. Sitting in the car with someone talking. Trying to follow a conversation when the person speaking has turned away from you or is wearing a face mask.
The Evolv AI uses AI processing to help identify speech and reduce surrounding noise, ideal if you’re in a busy restaurant, in the car or at work.
The technology makes conversations easier to follow without you having to constantly adjust your hearing aids yourself.
Hands-free phone calls
If you find using the phone difficult, there’s another useful feature.
With compatible smartphones, the Evolv AI can handle hands-free phone calls directly through your hearing aids. You can hear the caller through your hearing aids, while your voice is picked up without you needing to hold the phone to your ear.
It’s one of those features that sounds like a small thing – until you start using it.
Rechargeable and ready to go
The Evolv AI is rechargeable, so there’s no need to keep changing disposable batteries.
Simply put your hearing aids on charge overnight and they’ll be ready to go in the morning.
They can also switch themselves off when you remove them and power back on when you put them in, helping to make everyday use as straightforward as possible.
More than just a hearing aid: the Thrive app
Your Evolv AI hearing aids can connect to your smartphone, whether you use an iPhone or Android, through the free Thrive app.
You can use the app for the basics, such as adjusting the volume and changing programmes, but there’s much more available if you want to use it.
Find My Hearing Aids
Misplaced your hearing aids?
The app can show you their last known location, which could save a lot of searching around the house!
Fall detection
The hearing aids can detect a fall and send an alert through the app.
This can provide an additional layer of reassurance, particularly for people who live alone or have family members who like to know they’re okay.
TeleHear
Not every hearing aid adjustment needs visit to see us.
With TeleHear, your audiologist can make certain adjustments remotely, via a video call. This can be particularly useful if you need a minor tweak between appointments or travelling isn’t convenient.
Reminders
You can also set calendar and medication reminders that are sent directly through your hearing aids.
It’s a simple feature, but one that some people find genuinely useful in everyday life.
Mask mode
When someone is speaking through a face mask, some of the frequencies that help us understand speech can become muffled.
Mask mode is designed to boost those frequencies, helping speech to remain clearer.
And if you’re interested in keeping track of your activity, the app can also record things such as steps and activity levels.
Don’t want to use those features? That’s absolutely fine too. You can simply use the features that are useful to you.
Wireless accessories for everyday life
There are also a range of wireless accessories available that can extend what your Evolv AI hearing aids can do.
Which ones are useful really depends on your lifestyle and the situations you find most challenging.
Remote microphone
The remote microphone clips onto the person you’re talking to and streams their voice directly to your hearing aids.
It can be particularly useful in a noisy café or restaurant, where you want to focus on the person you’re with rather than all the conversations happening around you.
Table microphone
If you regularly find group conversations difficult, the table microphone can help.
It picks up voices around a table and streams them to your hearing aids, making it easier to follow conversations when several people are talking. Ideal for meetings, especially in the workplace.
It can also double as a TV streamer.
TV streamer
Watching television with other people can sometimes mean compromising on volume. One person wants it louder, someone else wants it quieter – and nobody wins!
A TV streamer sends the television sound directly to your hearing aids at the volume that works for you, without changing the volume for everyone else in the room.
Mini Turbo Charger
If you travel regularly, the Mini Turbo Charger is another useful option.
Just seven minutes of charging can provide around three and a half hours of use, and the charger can fully charge your hearing aids up to four times before it needs charging itself.
Handy if you’re away from home and realise your hearing aids need a boost.
Is the Starkey Evolv AI right for you?
The Evolv AI is a versatile hearing aid designed to fit into everyday life rather than make you think about your hearing all day.
The automatic adjustments mean there’s less need to manually change settings as your surroundings change, while the smartphone app and range of accessories give you the option to do more if you want to.
Perfect for people who are new to hearing aids as well as those looking to upgrade from an older device.
But the most important question isn’t simply “Is this a good hearing aid?”
It’s “Is it the right hearing aid for you?”
Your hearing, lifestyle and the situations you find difficult are all individual. That’s why we’ll talk through your options with you and help you find a solution that fits your needs.
If you’d like to find out whether the Starkey Evolv AI could be right for you, we’d be happy to have a chat.
You can book a free hearing test at either Grange-over-Sands or Edinburgh, or ask us about home visits if getting to us isn’t straightforward.
