Made for. Discover the latest Muse and Halo 2 updates

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1 Made for Discover the latest Muse and Halo 2 updates

2 The enhanced Synergy platform Approved by professionals. Enjoyed by patients. Made for Our smallest Made for iphone hearing aid Halo 2 RIC 312 Acuity OS 2 Our next-generation operating system with Interactive Intelligence allowing patients to hear better at the speed of life It s been proven, hearing health is TruLink updates All new TruLink 4.0 ultimate personalization Muse enhancements Expanded technology offerings Synergy is the only platform to feature quad core twin compressor technology directly connected to overall health and well-being. People who are able to hear and engage with the world around them live better and healthier lives. This pursuit, helping people hear better so they can live better, led to our biggest technology breakthrough to date the Synergy platform. Approved by patients and professionals alike, SurfLink Mini Mobile the Synergy platform has made a real impact in the lives of patients. Synergy is the only platform to feature quad core technology and is the first to provide Our new, small and simple cell phone streaming solution supreme precision for audibility and the ultimate optimization for listening enjoyment.

3 SYNERGY PLATFORM ADVANCES STARKEY SOUND Made to deliver With new products and the latest Synergy enhancements, we continue to deliver the clarity, comfort, confidence and connectivity patients deserve. The latest Synergy enhancements provide a more personalized experience with: Synergy is technology made for the next generation of patients. Acuity OS 2: Our fastest, most personalized and naturalsounding operating system with new Personalized Initial Fit Protocol designed to increase satisfaction and comfort Halo 2 RIC 312: Our smallest Made for iphone hearing aid TruLink App 4.0: Offering patients more on-demand personalization and control Surflink Mini Mobile: A new, small, simple and affordable cell phone streaming solution Today s patients want more because they do more Since day one, Starkey has centered everything we do around the patient. We help enable your patients to hear better in difficult environments and live a better life. As we continue to innovate, we do so with you and your patients in mind. When we designed Synergy, we knew we wanted the platform to be flexible and powerful enough to serve today s patients while also meeting the demands of the next generation. Today s hearing aid wearers want to hear all the subtleties of life, even in complex listening environments: the inflection in the voice of a spouse or the nuances in the notes of a favorite song. They also don t want to jeopardize their active lifestyles, and prefer devices that allow them to thrive not slow down. I had no idea how much I was struggling until I got these new hearing aids. My life just got 1000% better. Alina P.

4 ACUITY OS 2 IS OUR ENHANCED, HIGH-DEF OPERATING SYSTEM Made for the speed of life Acuity OS 2 improves all aspects of patients hearing experiences, allowing them to enjoy even more moments with their friends and loved ones. Each day, your patients are exposed to rich lifescapes that include an abundance of different sounds. Interactive Intelligence Environmental transitions five times faster than the previous iteration of Acuity OS. Today s patients are more active and demanding. They want services and products that are customized to their lifestyles and not just a onesize-fits-all approach. Acuity OS 2 delivers the personalization they want at the speed their lives require. We re excited to announce our next-generation operating system, Acuity OS 2 with Interactive Intelligence that s five times faster than its predecessor delivering at the speed of patients lives like never before. Interactive Intelligence quickly and continuously adapts to changing environments when speech is present, allowing patients to effortlessly move from one lifescape to the next without missing a word. Acuity OS 2 also includes new protocols designed to increase patient satisfaction and optimize initial gain settings. This gives you more time to counsel and educate your patients on their new devices. These hearing aids and the professionals who fit them are life changing! George T. Seamless environment shifts in real time Personalized Initial Fit Protocol Experience Manager Music adaptation and memory Ultra-high definition sound with 900sync Backwards compatibility When patients are in conversation and moving between environments, they ll experience natural and transparent transitions. New fitting protocol in Inspire allows for a faster and more personalized best fit shortening the time spent on fitting patients, allowing you to dedicate more time to counseling. This Initial Fit feature is designed to increase acceptance of Starkey Sound, especially with new users, by providing recommended gain settings to increase patient comfort and satisfaction. With a music memory or automatic adaption that can be adjusted to unique, individual preferences, patients can listen to music the way it was meant to be heard. The combination of Synergy and 900sync technology delivers an ultra-high definition audio experience, providing patients with the most natural, coordinated and connected hearing experience. New Muse and Halo 2 products will ship with Acuity OS 2. All Muse and Halo 2 products currently worn by patients can be upgraded to the new OS at any time.

5 ACUITY OS 2 PRIORITIZES SPEECH IN NOISE Made for Sharing stories, reminiscing over fond memories and laughing with friends are key ingredients for an engaging, fulfilling life. Speech optimization is so important in these moments, and that s why our features enhance every word. Acuity Binaural Imaging Acuity Lifescape Analyzer Acuity Voice Provides Acuity Directionality Designed Ear-to-ear adaptation Our most rigorously tested optimal audibility for speech to improve speech understanding resulting in coordinated and seamless listening Provides ultra-high definition audio bringing a more natural ear-to-ear experience Allows speech audibility to be preserved with environmental detection system ever, designed for today s complex listening environments Includes seven automated sound classes: Music, speech, speech in noise, machine noise, wind, noise and quiet Operates in parallel with Acuity Lifescape Analyzer Runs a two-part algorithm using dynamic voice identification, coupled with spectral noise control that calculates appropriate gain in difficult listening situations Offers a continuously adaptive, multi-channel system that uses independent null steering to preserve speech Uses Speech ID to prioritize conversations with up to 6dB of collaborative decision Handles multiple environments on a per-channel basis speech enhancement, even when making, while simultaneously maintaining comfort simultaneously Instantly applies variable noise adaptation in all channels, even it occurs behind the patient Is binaural and ensures optimal between pauses in conversation performance and switching Provides up to 20dB of Delivers consistent, high-fidelity noise reduction sound to enhance conversation participation

6 HALO 2 CONNECTS PATIENTS TO THEIR WORLD Halo 2 works seamlessly with iphone, ipad, ipod touch and Apple Watch Made for Our Halo 2 product family delivers performance, clarity and compatibility with Apple devices. Halo 2 is truly the link to a world of connectivity in the palm of your patients hands. With constant innovation and continuous technological advancements in our world, more patients demand connected and convenient devices that improve their hearing, overall health, and their lives. The new Halo 2 RIC 312 allows patients to benefit from our smallest, nearly invisible Made for iphone hearing aid. The Halo 2 family and the new RIC 312 style also benefit from all of the new and improved features of Acuity OS 2. The TruLink Hearing Control app is also available for select Android phones

7 TRULINK HEARING CONTROL APP FEATURES Made for Pristine Audio Streaming * TruLink Adaptive Car Mode Halo 2 hearing aids provide direct streaming of phone calls, music and media from a patient s iphone so they can enjoy clear communication and pristine audio streaming any time, anywhere, for impressive, immersive sound. With TruLink s Adaptive Car Mode, Halo 2 hearing aids will automatically change to a setting designed to reduce the distracting sounds of driving and enhance patients overall driving experiences. Live Microphone * Patients can record, play back and audio as it happens or listen to it later. They can even use their iphone as a microphone. They simply set their iphone nearby, turn on the feature and conversations are streamed directly to their Halo 2 hearing aids. The TruLink Hearing Control App 4.0 provides patients with more personalization than ever. Patients can control and personalize noise management settings on-demand to ensure they don t miss a word in wind, noise and Ultimate crowds. SoundSpace has also been relocated to Personalized Personalization Control to help patients more easily make adjustments to sounds in specific environments. Siri Integration * Find My Hearing Aids Apple Watch Compatible * Let your patients know they can have Siri read texts and s directly to their Halo 2 hearing aids. Lost hearing aids can be easily located using the Find My Hearing Aids feature with both a location and a timestamp. A signal detector sends a stronger or weaker signal based on how close a patient is to locating their Halo 2 hearing aids. The TruLink app for Apple Watch can control volume, change memories and mute patients hearing aids right from their wrists. Phone Calls * Your patients can answer calls with the touch of a button and hear entire conversations when streaming directly to their Halo 2 hearing aids via Bluetooth technology. Tinnitus Treatment Integrated controls in the app help patients control the volume and modulation rate of our patent-pending Multiflex Tinnitus Technology. SoundSpace enables patients to easily adjust sound to a specific setting. By simply moving their finger on the screen, they can Real-Time Notifications * Patients can hear , calendar, message and social media notifications directly through their Halo 2 hearing aids. SoundSpace adjust sound to their liking. They can also save their preferences in different locations as a custom TruLink Memory so that they re comfortable in any listening environment. Remote Control TruLink Memories Patients can easily change volume and switch memories on their hearing aids from their Apple or Android device. They can also make adjustments with a visual indicator bar for better control and nearly infinite levels to suit their preference. Up to 20 TruLink Memories can be created using the SoundSpace tool on the TruLink app. Patients can even geotag memories using the built-in GPS on their device. A geotagged memory will recognize where they are, and automatically adjust their Halo 2 hearing aids when they enter that space. For instance, a geotagged coffee shop memory will automatically activate when they walk into their favorite coffee shop. All new TruLink Hearing Control 4.0 ultimate personalization features: Users are now prompted to create custom memories Personalized Control provides access to SoundSpace and Noise Manager features *Apple device feature only

8 MUSE DELIVERS WHAT PATIENTS WANT Made for Muse provides the most natural hearing experience in the most complex environments. I still have much to discover about my Muse hearing aids they re the best decision I ve made in a long, long time. Mike W. At Starkey Hearing Technologies, we believe that to hear better is to live better. Muse, our most popular hearing aid family ever, continues to help patients hear better so they can live better every single day. With the improved Acuity OS 2 and accessory enhancements, Muse is even better offering more ways to increase patient acceptance, personalization, convenience and confidence. Additionally, Starkey offers expanded technology levels to bring joy to even more patients. You can now find Muse available in our i1200 and i1000 technology levels.

9 SURFLINK MINI MOBILE STREAMS PHONE CALLS WITH EASE Mini solution. Big impact. Patients asked, and we delivered. We re happy to introduce SurfLink Mini Mobile our new, small and simple cell phone streaming solution. Now, patients are able to connect any Bluetooth-ready mobile device to their Muse hearing aids to stream phone calls. The new SurfLink Mini Mobile adapter is compatible with our popular SurfLink Remote Microphone 2 one of our most proven and patient-preferred devices. SurfLink Remote Microphone 2 Plug the Mini Mobile into the bottom of the SurfLink Remote Microphone 2 Stream calls from any Bluetooth-ready mobile phone to Muse hearing aids SurfLink Mini Mobile System SurfLink Mini Mobile adapter Our full line of SurfLink accessories also includes: SurfLink Mobile 2 SurfLink Media 2 SurfLink Remote SurfLink Remote Microphone 2

10 Made to promote health and wellness Older adults * with impaired hearing may have a shorter lifespan than their peers without hearing problems. 1 *70 years and older DID YOU KNOW? There is a significant association between high blood pressure and untreated hearing loss. 2 10% 20% 30% 40% Adults with untreated hearing loss are more likely to develop dementia. 7 severe loss moderate loss mild loss 2x 3x TIMES MORE LIKELY People with untreated hearing loss can expect to suffer losses in compensation due to underemployment. 9 5x People with mild hearing loss are 3x more likely to have a history of falling. 8 Adults with untreated hearing loss have higher unemployment rates than their normalhearing peers. 9 Adults * with a hearing loss experience a 30-40% faster decline in cognitive abilities compared to peers without hearing loss. 3 *75 years and older Over 360 million of the world's population have disabling hearing loss to 69-year olds with untreated hearing loss Adults * with untreated hearing loss were more likely to report depression, anxiety and paranoia than peers who wore hearing aids. 5 *50 years and older had significantly higher instances of moderateto-severe depression 6 People with lowfrequency hearing loss are considered at risk for cardiovascular events. 10 Untreated hearing loss is a major health and quality of life issue.

11 ALONE WE CAN T DO MUCH, TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD Made so the world may hear Our Founder and CEO, Bill Austin, has always held a strong belief that the gift of better hearing results in a fuller and better life. We prove our dedication to this philosophy daily, through our support of Starkey Hearing Foundation. The gift of hearing opens up new worlds of opportunity. The gift of hearing opens up new worlds of opportunity. It connects individuals to life and helps them realize they can accomplish more than they ever thought possible. Starkey Hearing Foundation uses hearing as a vehicle to change lives around the world. Hear better. Live better. Starkey Hearing Foundation has provided more than 1 million hearing aids to people in need worldwide COUNTRIES MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEED SERVED COUNTLESS LIVES CHANGED

12 Made for every Feature overview Our product lineup was designed to enhance any environment your patients frequent. Listening Environments Crowd Car Theater Technology Levels VERY ACTIVE Feature Premium i2400 Advanced i2000 Select i1600 Low i1200 Basic i1000 Platform: Synergy Sound Imaging: Channels Bands Bandwidth: Extended 10 khz Operating System: Acuity OS 2 MHz Wireless Technology: 900sync Wireless Streaming: Spatial Streaming Speech Compression: Acuity Speech Optimization Music Optimization: Music Enhancement Music Memory Music Adaptation E2E Music Adaptation Ear-to-Ear Technology: Acuity Binaural Imaging E2E Wind Noise Management E2E Machine Noise Adaptation E2E Directionality E2E Phone Streaming Party Workplace Mall Worship MORE ACTIVE ACTIVE Environment Manager: Acuity Lifescape Analyzer Directional Processing: Acuity Directionality Music Speech Speech and Noise Machine Noise Wind Noise Quiet Channels Dynamic Directional Outdoors Noise Control: Acuity Voice Adaptive Restaurant Meeting Conversation Home Premium Advanced Select Noise Reduction Strength Feedback Management: WhistleFree Feedback Cancellation Frequency Lowering: Speech Shift Tinnitus Technology: Multiflex Tinnitus Technology Wireless Accessory Compatibility: SurfLink Accessories

13 1 Norton, A. (2015). Older Adults Hearing Loss May Be Tied to Earlier Death. HealthDay News. Retrieved from health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015/09/24/older-adults-hearing-loss-may-be-tied-to-earlier-death 2 Agarwal, S., Mishra, A., Jagade, M., Kasbekar, V. & Nagle, S. K. (2013). Effects of Hypertension on Hearing. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery December; 65(Suppl 3): Retrieved from: gov/pmc/articles/pmc / 3 Lin, F. R., Yaffe, K., Xia, J., Xue, Q., Harris, T. B., Purchase-Helzner, E., Simonsick, E. M. (2013). Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine,173(4), doi: / jamainternmed World Health Organization. (2015). Deafness and hearing loss. Retrieved from: who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs300/en/ 5 Reinemer, M., & Hood, J. (1999). Untreated Hearing Loss Linked to Depression, Social Isolation in Seniors. Audiology Today, 11(4). Retrieved from: document-library/untreated-hearing-loss-linked-depression-social-isolation 6 Li, C. M. & Hoffman, H. J. (2014). Untangling the Link Between Hearing Loss and Depression. Retrieved from: com/thehearingjournal/ Fulltext/2014/07000/Untangling_the_Link_Between_Hearing_Loss_and.2.aspx 7 Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2011). Hearing Loss And Dementia Linked in Study. Retrieved from: 8 Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2012). Hearing Loss Linked to Three-Fold Risk of Falling. Retrieved from: of_falling 9 Kochkin, S. (2007). The Impact of Untreated Hearing Loss on Household Income. Retrieved from: Loss%20on%20Household%20Income.pdf 10 Friedland, D. R., Cederberg, C., & Tarima, S. (2009), Audiometic pattern as a predictor of cardiovascular status: Development of a model for assessment of risk. The Laryngoscope, 119: Retrieved from: Halo 2 and TruLink are compatible with iphone X, iphone 8 Plus, iphone 8, iphone 7 Plus, iphone 7, iphone SE, iphone 6s Plus, iphone 6s, iphone 6 Plus, iphone 6, iphone 5s, iphone 5c, iphone 5, ipad Pro, ipad Air 2, ipad Air, ipad (4th generation), ipad mini 4, ipad mini 3, ipad mini with Retina display, ipad mini, ipod touch (5th generation) and Apple Watch. Use of Apple Watch requires iphone 5 or later. Use of the Made for Apple badge means that an accessory has been designed to connect specifically to the Apple product(s) identified in the badge, and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. Apple is not responsible for the operation of this device or its compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Please note that the use of this accessory with ipod, iphone, ipad or Apple Watch may affect wireless performance. Apple, the Apple logo, iphone, ipad, ipod touch, Apple Watch and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Google Play and Android are trademarks of Google Inc. All trade names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners Starkey. All Rights Reserved /18 BROC EE-ST