Oticon is owned by the Danish company Demant A/S, which also owns the hearing aid manufacturer Bernafon. Demant also owns the hearing aid retailer Hidden Hearing. If you've been to Hidden Hearing and been recommended Oticon or Bernafon hearing aids, then it's perhaps a little more than coincidental.
The Oticon OPN range of hearing aids received the best reviews from our audiologists compared to all other ranges from all manufacturers. Ever since then, Oticon continues to lead in hearing aid innovation with the release of Oticon Intent in 2024. This model builds upon the advancements of its predecessors—Oticon Real, More, and Opn S.
Are Oticon hearing aids any good? Oticon is one of the world's most advanced producers of digital hearing aids. For over a century, they have been creating high-quality hearing aid technologies for those with hearing loss.
The tale of Oticon starts with the efforts of one man to help his own wife's hearing loss. Their motto of "People First" has guided the business ever since. Whether developing the latest in hearing technology or helping individuals better access hearing aids, Oticon puts the customer first, every time. ⠀
With this advanced sound processing system, the hearing aid scans your surroundings 500 times per second, making precise adjustments to deliver clearer speech and more comfortable sound. Whether you’re in a quiet setting or a crowded room, you’ll notice better clarity and reduced listening effort.
Oticon builds on its AI success with a second-generation Deep Neural Network, trained on millions of real-world sounds. It provides a more natural, balanced listening experience by preserving subtle sound cues while reducing background noise by up to 12 dB, especially useful in busy or complex environments.
Unlike traditional hearing aids, the Oticon Intent uses 4D Sensor Technology, which constantly monitors your head and body movements, how you’re interacting in conversations, and the overall soundscape around you. This allows the hearing aids to intuitively understand your listening intent and adjust settings in real time, even when the environment stays the same. It’s a more human-like way of helping you focus on what matters most.
This is one of Oticon’s standout features. It allows your 360-degree environment to be scanned by the hearing aid, offers more full assistance for how the brain processes noise and allows enhanced real-time processing to help your ear deliver healthier sound signals to the brain.
It may seem like all hearing aids do this, but there are many hearing aids that can only pick up sound from one direction. This means they often receive the sound of what your head is pointed towards. BrainHearing enables omnidirectional listening, which is the same way the human ear receives sound.
BrainHearing delivers audio with the clearest, purest possible signal— the best way your brain can comprehend it. Furthermore, because Oticon's BrainHearing technology retains the most important sounds in speech, your brain does not need to struggle to fill in the gaps in noisy environments.
Oticon's latest AI innovation, known as RealSound technology, uses an onboard Deep Neural Network (DNN) to process sounds, creating a contrast between speech and background noise while minimising distractions. Oticon asserts that this unique process facilitates easier focus and comprehension in conversations, enhancing speech understanding.
The technology has been further improved in Oticon Intent, which incorporates onboard sensor technology designed to understand what you most want to hear in a full 360° soundscape.
The OpenSound Navigator algorithm effectively differentiates between speech and background noise within your surroundings, allowing you to focus on the most important sounds.
Experience a complete soundscape transmitted to your brain, diminishing the strain on your hearing and enabling you to concentrate primarily on sounds in your immediate vicinity or ahead of you.
Oticon has a great portfolio of hearing aid accessories that can transmit sound from audio devices straight to your hearing aids. Ask your audiologist to show you all the ones that are available and beneficial to you and your hearing loss.
The Oticon Companion app offers comprehensive control over hearing aids, allowing users to adjust volume, change programs, and connect to accessories directly from their smartphone or Apple Watch. It features HearingFitness to track usage and set goals, and RemoteCare enables remote adjustments by hearing care professionals, providing support without the need for in-person visits.
Oticon's rechargeable hearing aids, such as the Oticon Intent, offer up to 20 hours of battery life. A quick 30-minute charge provides 8 hours of power, while a full 2-hour charge lasts a full day. These devices are designed with durability in mind, featuring an IP68 rating for dust and moisture resistance.
Oticon provides a range of accessories to enhance the hearing experience. These innovations aim to provide users with a seamless and personalised hearing experience, integrating advanced technology with everyday convenience.
Launched in 2024, the Oticon Intent hearing aids built upon Real by optimising their second-generation Deep Neural Network (DNN) 2.0 and introducing their 4D sensor technology (a world's first!) on their new Sirius platform.
Oticon Intent hearing aids are said to understand every user's listening intention, therefore, in theory, you will benefit from truly personalised hearing that deals with your distinct requirements. It does this by incorporating head and body movements, conversation activity, and listening environment into its new 4D sensor technology.
This 4D technology is said to go beyond just hearing, it adapts sound processing according to your unique listening needs to support you better in communication and engagement.
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Along with developments in their general technology, we saw in More, like the MoreSound Amplifier and MoreSound Intelligence (all now 2.0) - everything is now powered by a new and powerful processing chip, the Polaris R.
But, the main improvements in Real are the greater focus on solving key pains for hearing aid users. Such as sudden, disruptive, and uncomfortable sounds. All these new features within Oticon Real hearing aids are a part of the new RealSound technology.
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Oticon Own is the world's first custom aid, which includes onboard Deep Neural Network AI technology (DNN) and is powered by the Polaris platform (first seen in Oticon More). All the Own hearing aids provide exactly the same features as the Oticon More, but in an ITE model, and they also don't connect with the CROS system.
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Launched in January 2022, the Oticon Zircon hearing aids replaced the Ruby and Siya as their new essential hearing aid range. They are powered by the Polaris platform and also include some technical favourites seen in Oticon More.
The BrainHearing technology and 360° speech are two great examples. Ultimately, it offers clear sound and focus from all directions, even in challenging listening situations for wearers.
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Launching in January 2021, Oticon More hearing aids are designed to give you access to more meaningful sounds around you, so you get more of life's details in more balance and clarity with their new Polaris platform and Deep Neural Network.
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Launching in 2019, Oticon Xceed provided better speech clarity, with reduced listening effort in challenging environments when compared to other generations of power aids, for people with severe to profound hearing loss. Offering wearers 360-degree sound in the ever-changing world around them.
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Oticon is a premium hearing aid brand under Demant A/S, known for cutting-edge innovation and high audiologist ratings. Their latest model, Oticon Intent, features advanced 4D Sensor Technology and AI-driven Deep Neural Network 2.0 for truly personalised hearing.
With additional benefits like BrainHearing, rechargeable batteries, Bluetooth streaming, and accessories like the ConnectClip and Oticon Companion app, Oticon offers a smart, modern solution for hearing loss in the UK.
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The Oticon manufacturer's hearing aid warranty is 5 years.
Most Oticon hearing aids are Made for Any Phone hearing devices. This means that they are compatible with both iPhone and Android mobiles. However, there are compatibility requirements, so you must check with your audiologist to see if yours can be paired with your Oticon hearing aids.
If your Oticon hearing aids are wireless it means that they have Bluetooth and can be connected to Oticon accessories. However, like most pairings - there are compatibility requirements. Check with your audiologist to see which accessories can be connected to your Oticon hearing aids.
When we refer to a product as 'Latest Launch', we mean it is the latest to be released on the market.
When we refer to a product as 'New', we mean that the product is the newest hearing aid model on the market.
When we refer to a product as 'Superseded', we mean that there is a newer range available which replaces and improves on this product.
When we refer to a product as an 'Older Model', we mean that it is has been superseded by at least two more recent hearing aid ranges.