COMFORTEC™

Specialised technology to meet the open challenge

Up until now, a number of challenges have prevented hearing care professionals and clients alike from enjoying the comfort of open fittings. These include:

  • The almost instantaneous feedback that occurs when a wide vent is opened in an ordinary digital instrument
  • The echo effect created when “real”, unamplified sound reaches the inner ear before amplified sounds
  • Internal artefacts that may be audible to those with poor high-frequency, but with good mid- and low-frequency hearing.
  • Over-amplification of low-level environmental sounds that can disturb those with milder forms of hearing loss

Only GN ReSound’s ComforTec technology enables optimal high-frequency fittings with no occlusion, no feedback frustration and clear, crisp and natural sound quality.

GET THE COMFORTEC™ ADVANTAGE

  • Extra-powerful digital feedback suppression
  • Unparalleled, stable sound quality
  • Near-zero distortion
  • No echo effect
  • No audible internal noise
  • Flexible and comfortable venting solutions

STABILIZER™ DFS

ComforTec’s Stabilizer™ DFS is the industry’s most accurate feedback suppressor, especially designed for open-fitted instruments. An especially robust version of the renowned DFS used in top-of-the-line GN ReSound instruments, Stabilizer can extend the amount of usable gain before the onset of feedback by more than 17 dB. This amazing feedback suppression adapts so quickly to changes in the feedback-path that it even makes phone use feedback-free.

WARPOPEN™ COMPRESSION

ComforTec’s WarpOpen WDRC compressor was designed specifically for open fittings. It uses an entirely new approach to hearing instrument compression called “warping” to adjust crossover frequency bands based on the gain settings for each individual hearing loss. This unique capability provides a high degree of resolution for softer input signals without over-amplifying louder signals, providing unparalleled sound quality for mild to high-frequency hearing loss.

WarpOpen also includes

  • Low-level expansion to safeguard against microphone and low-pitched environmental sounds.
  • Super-fast signal processing (delay < 3.5 msec)
  • Near-zero distortion despite extremely fast processing speed
  • Multi-band fast-syllabic noise reduction.

WarpOpen’s amazingly efficient design requires less than 40% of ComforTec’s digital computing power for compression tasks, freeing up a massive 60% for Stabilizer DFS feedback suppression.

VENTING SOLUTIONS

ComforTec includes FlexVent™ and StepVent™ venting systems for Canta7 Open, and the revolutionary non-occluding sound tube and dome of ReSoundAIR. Backed by superior signal-processing capabilities, these venting solutions allow the most open, the most flexible and the most comfortable fittings of any hearing instrument on the market.