Unitron Tempus Pro / Vista T 910 Hearing Aids

Unitron Tempus Pro hearing aids

|  Update:  The Tempus Pro hearing aids are now classed as old technology and have been superseded by the Discover Next range.

The Tempus platform from Unitron was launched in March 2017.  Important note regarding hearing aid names.  Some companies supply a slightly more basic version of this hearing aid and market it as the “Vista T 910”. The hearing aid is still made by Unitron and is almost identical to the Tempus Pro.

You will also see other names associated with Unitron products, such as “Moxi, Now, Fit, All, Dura, Kiss, Stride, Insera. These are all essentially different “shapes” of this hearing aid. For example, the Unitron Tempus Pro Moxi sits over the ear, whereas the Unitron Tempus Pro Insera fits entirely into the ear and is hidden down the ear canal. Feel free to ask us for a more detailed explanation.

Unitron has just released it’s latest range of hearing aids – the Tempus. The range features five different models each with differing levels of technology. The most sophisticated is their premium model, the Unitron Tempus Pro, and there is also the Unitron Tempus 800, Unitron Tempus 700, Unitron Tempus 600 model and the Unitron Tempus 500, each featuring decreasing technology and feature levels and their corresponding price points.

Unitron are marketing the Tempus range as being the most conversation focused hearing aids available and have developed a suite of complementary technologies that are designed specifically for improving your hearing level in, and enjoyment of, conversations.  Another exciting feature of the entire Tempus range is that both the BTE and RIC versions (the Tempus range is also available as an ITE) can use either standard disposable batteries or these can be swapped out for easy to use rechargeables.

Here we are going to concentrate on the specific features available in the Unitron Tempus Pro, but please visit the separate Unitron Tempus 800, Unitron Tempus 700, Unitron Tempus 600 or Unitron Tempus 500 pages for more information on these models specifically.

Who Would We Recommend The Unitron Tempus Pro Hearing Aid For?

At the time of launch, we believed that the Unitron Tempus Pro is one of the best hearing aids on the market at the moment – although of course not every hearing aid is suitable for everyone, so we would recommend that you contact one of our audiologists to talk through all of your options. It is especially suitable for people who lead really active social lives; going out with friends, enjoying meals in busy restaurants, spending time with noisy grandchildren and everything in between.

The Unitron Tempus Pro has a number of real stand-out features such as it’s excellent directionality detection, which will make holding conversations in a crowd a pleasure again, and it’s high levels of processing power that makes it able to detect and enhance speech over background noise.

Making Your Unitron Tempus Pro Rechargeable

One of the real selling points of the entire Unitron Tempus range is the ability to use rechargeable batteries. As we have mentioned this is only available in the Behind The Ear (BTE) and Receiver in Canal (RIC) versions, but is certainly something that we would recommend you look into if either of these are your favoured styles.

The rechargeable batteries only need to be charged for between 5 and 7 hours to give you a full 24 hours of life, so for most people simply charging them overnight, when you wouldn’t be wearing your hearing aids anyway, should suffice. The rechargeable batteries themselves come with a simple to use charging cradle, which all you have to do is insert your hearing aids into, no fiddly lining up of contacts or little buttons or switches involved!  Also because the rechargeable batteries are the same size as standard disposable batteries, you can easily pop disposable batteries in if you think that you might run out of charge before you get a chance to recharge them.

Features Of The Unitron Tempus Pro

The Tempus Pro features Unitron’s new SoundCore technology. This is actually four new features that work together to provide exceptional listening clarity and comfort, even in the most challenging sonic environments. In fact compared to Unitron’s previous North platform, the Tempus Pro offers 50% more accuracy and 36% more speed when recognising and locating speech. SoundCore technology has the power to detect and analyse the most difficult aural situations and automatically make the necessary adjustments to numerous settings allowing you to enjoyably participate in conversations in all situations.

SoundCore technology combines the following features:

SoundNav

This feature detects sounds and classifies them into one of seven different environments; Music, Noise, Conversation in a Crowd, Conversation in a Small Group, Conversation in Quiet, Conversation in Noise and Quiet. Depending on the exact sonic features of the environment that you are in, certain settings for each of these categories will be blended together to automatically provide the optimal processing, amplification and necessary sound suppression levels, to ensure that you can hear easily and successfully.

SpeechPro

This feature is actually a combination of another four advanced hearing aid technologies; SpeechPro, Speech Focus, Speech Locator and Dynamic Spatial Awareness. These work together to pinpoint exactly where sounds are coming from so that you will always be able to tell who is talking to you and where they are. This is an essential part of being able to enjoy both conversations and everyday life.

Sound Conductor

Sound Conductor combines a further three features (Speech Enhancement, Noise Reduction and Multiband Adaptive Directionality detection) to provide the most natural sound possible with exceptionally clear speech. It receives information from the other three parts of the SoundCore technology and uses this to seamlessly make alterations to the levels of its own three features, thus producing this very high sound quality and listening experience.

Spatial Awareness

This involves placing the microphones, speakers and amplifiers in precise locations to allow them to replicate the natural effect of your pinna (the visible part of your ear) as it funnels sound down towards your ear drum. This is also achieved by the development of Unitron’s Dynamic Spatial Awareness technology which allows you to really clearly understand which sounds are coming from where, meaning that you can keep abreast of everything that is going on around you.

Obviously SoundCore technology is the real selling point of the Unitron Tempus Pro, however, there are also a number of other great features that work alongside the SoundCore technology to provide Unitron’s best listening experience to date. These include:

Binaural MyMusic

This is another real stand-out feature of the Tempus Pro. Binaural MyMusic is a special setting that is automatically activated in both of your hearing aids when either one detects that you are listening to music. The setting then activates specific levels that are designed purely to enhance your musical listening experience.

20 Fitting Channels

This high number of channels means that the Tempus Pro is able to detect and process up to 20 different sounds at once. The SoundCore technology can then decide which of these should be amplified and which of these should be suppressed as unwanted background noise.

Feedback Manager

One of the bains of many hearing aid users lives is the both annoying and embarrassing whistling sound that can be the result of feedback when any foreign items come into close proximity with your hearing aid. This could be when you are answering the phone, putting on a hat or even just giving someone a hug. However with Feedback Manager the Tempus Pro can detect the specific frequency that feedback sounds occupy and then cancel them before they even become audible.

Antishock 2

This is Unitron’s new generation of technology to deal with unexpected loud noises. Often these can result in a high level of discomfort as these are accidentally further amplified by your hearing aid. However with Antishock 2 the processor is fast enough to immediately detect and suppress these sounds.

Frequency Compression

This useful feature compresses sounds that exist at frequencies that users can’t hear down to frequencies that they can. Therefore even users with severe hearing loss will be able to hear sounds at frequencies that their cochlear’s are irrevocably damaged for.

Wind Control

With the Tempus Pro you will still be able to enjoy a brisk cliffside stroll, as it’s Wind Control technology can effectively isolate and suppress the sound of wind noise.

Automatic Adaptation Manager

When you first start using your Tempus Pro, this feature will gradually increase the levels up from those that you are initially comfortable with to those which you actually need to get the best and most comfortable sound experience.

Binaural Phone

This handy built-in feature allows telephone signals to be automatically streamed to both of your hearing aids, without the expense and faff of having to buy a separate accessory.

Tinnitus Masker

Many hearing aid users also suffer from the sometimes infuriating experience of tinnitus. The Tempus Pro’s tinnitus masker produces a proven level of white noise which distracts your brain away from the tinnitus sound and towards what you actually want to be hearing.

DuoLink

This is a great feature for users of two hearing aids, as it allows the push buttons on each aid to control both of them. For example the button on your left hearing aid can be programmed to increase the volume and the button on your right hearing aid can be used to decrease the volume in both of your hearing aids at once. This makes manually adapting your hearing aids simple and intuitive.

Natural Sound Balance

This clever feature allows your remaining natural hearing to work alongside the amplified sounds that are produced from your hearing aids. It is only available in the BTE and RIC versions of the Tempus Pro.

Telecoil

A standard, but essential, feature that can now be found in many hearing aids, the telecoil function allows for a range of different devices to be connected directly to your hearing aid so that you can hear easily in a range of different telecoil enable settings.

Easy-t

This feature automatically detects when you are on the phone and switches your hearing aid to a specific telephone setting.

Accessories Available For The Tempus Pro

To complement the Tempus range, Unitron has developed a number of useful accessories.  These are:

uControl 2.0 App

This useful app is available on both Android and iOS and can be used to easily and discreetly control and make adjustments to your hearing aid. It can also be used to monitor your hearing aids and take readings which can then be used by your audiologist to make personalised fine adjustments to your hearing aids ensuring that they function perfectly for you.

uDirect3

This is the next generation of audio streamer from Unitron. It connects your hearing aids directly to mobile phones, radios, TV’s and other devices with a simple hands-free operation.

uStream

This wireless streaming device discreetly allows your hearing aids to connect to all of your sound-producing devices in stereo.

uTV3

This is another new generation device which is designed specifically for seamless connection to your TV allowing sound to be streamed directly to your hearing aids so that you never miss a second.

uMic

Simply pop this little microphone onto the lapel or hang around the neck of whoever you are speaking to you and their voice will be easily picked up and streamed directly to your hearing aids.

**Please note, there will be an additional surcharge of £125 if we are pairing a single hearing aid with an existing aid bought from another company where we are taking over the aftercare responsibilities and looking after both hearing aids**