Description
Oticon Intent Hearing Aids
Released in February 2024, Oticon’s Intent hearing aids supersede the Oticon Real, Oticon More, and OPN S ranges. Oticon Intent is Oticon’s premium hearing aid range, sitting above the Oticon Zircon.
Hearing aids are devices for individuals with hearing loss, designed to amplify and process sound to improve speech comprehension and sound quality.
Oticon Intent Hearing Aids have evolved far beyond simple amplification. They now incorporate advanced features such as noise reduction, feedback suppression, and wireless connectivity, making them effective in challenging listening environments.
With Wireless connectivity, Oticon Intent can also connect and stream audio from your phone, tablet and computer.
Oticon Intent uses innovative technology, including an AI-trained processor and 4D sensor technology, that work together to deliver personalised hearing.
By adapting to the wearer’s head and body movements and conversation activity, Intent hearing aids provide clear speech and excellent sound quality
Oticon Intent MiniRite Rechargeable
Oticon Intent is available in one mode,l which has 4 technology levels:
- Oticon: Manufacturer
- Intent: Technology Platform
- MiniRite: The term Oticon uses for the receiver in a canal hearing aid
- Rechargeable: Built-in lithium-ion battery
- Multifunction Push Button
- Double-tap to answer phone calls
- LED light to indicate the hearing aid powering up/down
- Bluetooth compatible, LE audio, iOS and ASHA Android
- Uses new miniFIT detect receivers and Otiocn miniFIT domes
- Rechargeable
- Oticon Companion App
- Can be fitted to mild, moderate and severe hearing loss
Oticon Intent hearing aids are available in 4 technology levels:
- Intent 1 – Premium
- Intent 2 – Advanced
- Intent 3 – Standard
- Intent 4 – Essential
How to choose the right Oticon Intent Hearing Aid model
Sound Hearing will always try to find the best hearing aids for your budget. Our experience has taught us that to have a successful outcome, we need to get three things correct when helping a customer choose hearing aids:
Style/Size – a hearing aid that you will be happy to wear.
FIT – A hearing aid that meets your hearing loss requirements and listening needs
Budget – Most people have a one
Finding the right hearing aids for you begins with a hearing assessment. Once you have had a hearing test and your listening needs assessed, our hearing care professionals will help you choose the best Oticon Intent hearing aid for you.
| Intent Technology | Intent 1
Premium |
Intent 2
Advanced |
Intent 3
Standard |
Intent 4
Essential |
| Listening needs | ||||
| Conversations are mainly in quiet environments, e.g., the home. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mainly quiet conversations with occasional moderate background sounds, e.g. café. | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Quiet, moderate & loud listening situations, e.g. train station. | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| I must give myself the best chance to hear speech in complex listening situations, e.g. conferences. | Yes | No | No | No |
| Physical Properties | ||||
| Push Button | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Double Tap | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| IP68 water and dust resistant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connectivity | ||||
| Bluetooth LE Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hands Free Communication and Direct Streaming | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Oticon Companion App | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Key Hearing Technology | ||||
| Sirrus Chip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| More Sound Intelligence | Premium | Advanced | Standard | Essential |
| Environmental Classifier | Premium | Advanced | Standard | Essential |
| Neural Noise Suppression | Premium | Advanced | Standard | Essential |
| Sudden Sound Stabiliser | Premium | Advanced | Standard | Essential |
| Customisation and Fitting | ||||
| miniFit Detect Receivers (speaker units) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| minFit Domes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| micro moulds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OtoTherm Moulds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CROS Compatibility | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| mild hearing loss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| moderate hearing loss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| severe hearing loss | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sound Hearing Service Provision | ||||
| 5-year warranty | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hearing test and fitting at home or in a clinic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aftercare for Life | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service LITE for people who need less support and would like to spend less | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can I buy online from Sound Hearing and have them posted to me? (not recommended). | No | No | No | No |
Free Hearing Tests and Oticon Intent Trial
If you would like to trial Oticon Intent hearing aids, Sound Hearing provides:
- Free hearing tests in your home or at our affiliated clinic
- A clear explanation of your hearing test results and a conversation to determine the best hearing aid option for you
- A choice of service plans to meet your needs
- 60-day money-back guarantee
- 5-year warranty with all our hearing aids
Oticon Intent Video Brochure
Oticon Intent Colours
Oticon Intent Technology
The new Sirius™ platform powers Oticon’s Intent. Sirius™ enables Oticon’s new 4D sensor technology, Deep Neural Network (DNN) 2.0, MoreSound Intelligence 3.0 and MoreSound Amplifier 3.0 to operate.
With built-in 4D sensor technology, Intent monitors and detects active conversations, then adapts device settings to the user’s listening environment. There are user intent sensors to monitor body and head movements, and the physical movement sensors detect movement, ensuring the device responds to the user’s communications scenario and listening needs.
When processing sound, the More sound Amplifier amplifies across the full frequency range, delivering a clear sound input with a richer representation of the sound scene. More Sound Intelligence prioritises speech cues and adapts to changing listening environments, offering truly personalised hearing.
4D sensor Technology
Surrounding Sound – sensors monitor the full sound scene around a person, noting changes in the sound landscape and whether the person is stationary or moving.
Head Movement – sensors track body and head movements. If you turn your head to listen to another speaker, Intent can identify this and prioritise that speaker’s speech.
Body Movement – physical movement sensors detect how a person moves, providing users with spatial awareness of their surroundings.
Talking and Listening – by detecting when an active conversation is present, the system knows when to prioritise speech amplification.
Deep Neural Network (DNN) 2.0
Oticon’s Deep Neural Network (DNN) technology is a machine learning technology that simulates how the human brain learns and processes information. The DNN in Oticon hearing aids is trained on many sound scenes, enabling it to effectively recognise and prioritise speech over noise. The DNN analyses all the inputs from the hearing sensors, processing sound to provide a richer representation of the sound scene. This results in a more natural listening experience, with improved clarity and easier speech understanding for the user.
Oticon Intent introduces a new and improved version of DNN that enhances how we hear the world. This update delivers more precise sound, more distinct speech, and improved background noise reduction.
- It has been taught with a wider variety of sounds, particularly the challenging ones, to ensure that nothing important is missed.
- It has faced more challenges during its learning phase in order to improve its performance.
- It preserves sounds accurately, ensuring less detail loss in conversations and surrounding noise.
- It now effectively tunes out distractions, significantly reducing unwanted noise in busy environments.
MoreSound Intelligence™ 3.0
More Sound Intelligence 3.0 works with the 4D sensors, constantly scans the sound environment, and adapts the hearing aid to the user’s environment and listening needs. It intelligently adapts to the current listening environment and context, delivering personalised hearing tailored to the wearer’s intent.
MoreSound Amplifier™ 3.0
MoreSound Amplifier 3.0 is designed to deliver sound clarity and balance across a wide frequency range from 80 Hz to 10,000 Hz. It delivers a clearer sound input by providing balanced amplification across the full frequency range.
MoreSound Amplifier ensures that all sounds, from a whisper to loud music, are amplified accurately, providing a comprehensive hearing experience tailored to your hearing needs.
MoreSound Optimiser™
MoreSound Optimiser detects and prevents feedback (whistling) in the hearing aid without sacrificing gain (volume). This gives users improved access to speech details, increased comfort, and improved speech understanding.
SuddenSound Stabiliser
Sudden loud sounds like slamming doors or rattling cutlery are familiar. SuddenSound Stabiliser acts quickly, instantly detecting and reducing the volume of these uncomfortable sounds. Providing appropriate gain reduction and immediately releasing it when the sound ends.
Wind & Handling Stabiliser
The Wind and Handling Stabiliser detects wind and handling noise 500 times per second. Once wind or handling noise is detected, the hearing aid reduces these sounds without affecting speech clarity.
New Charger and new Lithium-Ion battery
Oticon has selected fast contact charging with Intent. The new size 13 Lithium-Ion battery provides up to 20 hours of battery life. When a recharge is needed, place your hearing aids in the charger.
- A full day of battery and hearing aid use after one hour of charging.
- Four hours of power in just a 15-minute charge.
- Eight hours of power after just a 30-minute charge.
Next-generation Bluetooth LE Audio
With Bluetooth LE Audio, Oticon Intent is ready for future communication technologies like Auracast™. Auracast™ broadcast will enable devices such as smartphones, laptops, televisions, or public address systems to broadcast audio to an unlimited number of nearby compatible receivers, including hearing aids, speakers and earbuds.
Users with smart devices that support LE Audio can stream audio content and make hands-free calls, including Apple phones and some newer Android phones. To check Intent’s mobile compatibility with your device, please click here.
Oticon Intent Hearing Companion APP
The improved Oticon Companion app lets users control their hearing aids discreetly and personalise their listening experience.
Oticon Companion app features:
- Discrete control: Adjust volume and programmes.
- Remember Volume Settings—if you adjust the volume, the hearing aids will remember your new preferred hearing levels.
- Sound Equaliser – customise the sound of your hearing aids.
- Streaming Equaliser – customise the sound when streaming.
- Find my hearing aids.
- Set hearing goals with Hearing Fitness.
- Update your hearing aids: minor firmware updates are available via the Companion app.
- Check battery status.
- Control your tinnitus sounds.
- Pair your hearing aids with your smart home controls.
- Remote Hearing Care – receive personalised hearing care from your audiologist.
- To check the compatibility of your phone with Oticon Intent, click here.
Benefits of Intent Hearing Aids
Oticon Intent hearing aids are a significant advancement in hearing enhancement. They do a lot more than just ‘blast’ sound in your direction. These devices utilise 4D sensor advanced technology to identify your listening needs and make real-time adjustments. This means background noise is reduced and sound levels optimised. The Deep Neural Network (DNN) is trained to further enhance the sound quality by recognising speech and unwanted noise, making it easier to follow conversations in challenging environments.
The Otiocn Companion App is easy to use and offers convenient, quick hearing aid adjustments and truly personalised support.
Built-in Bluetooth Audio enables greater wireless connectivity with devices, and the built-in double-tap makes answering phone calls simple.
Oticon Intent R Wireless Accessories – Click here to purchase
Oticon TV Adaptor 3.0
It plugs into your TV and streams stereo sound directly to your hearing aids.
Oticon Connect Clip
Oticon Connect Clip will pair with most Bluetooth-enabled devices and allow direct streaming from mobile phones, tablets, and PCs. With its built-in remote microphone, you can also listen to people from a distance.
Oticon Remote Control 3.0
A simple remote to change the volume of the hearing aid or program.
Oticon Easy LE Adaptor
The Easy LE Adapter connects Android phones, tablets and computers to your hearing aids or other wireless audio devices via the latest Bluetooth LE Audio technology.
This enables you to stream audio, such as music or podcasts, and make high-quality, hands-free phone and video calls.
Most phones and tablets with a 3.5 mm audio jack will not work with the adapter, as many manufacturers route audio through the audio jack rather than USB-C.
Sennheiser BTD800 Bluetooth dongle
It plugs into a USB port (PC) and will allow a wireless audio link to the Connect Clip.
About Oticon
Oticon is the largest hearing aid manufacturer based in Denmark. Oticon is part of the William Demant Group, which includes hearing aid manufacturers Bernafon and Phillips.
Oticon Intent MiniRite Rechargeable Compatible Spare Parts
| Spares | |
|---|---|
| Domes | Oticon MiniFit |
| Filters | Oticon ProWax |
| Slim tubes | |
| Standard tubing | |
| Receiver/Speaker Wire | Oticon MiniFit Detect |
| Battery | Built-in rechargeable |
| Charger |
| Wireless Accessories | |
|---|---|
| Remote Control | Remote Control 2.0 |
| TV Connector | Oticon TV Apater 3.0 |
| Remote Mic | Oticon Connect Clip |
Compare the features in Oticon Intent 1, 2, 3 and 4
| Intent 1 | Intent 2 | Intent 3 | Intent 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Understanding & Listening Easy | ||||
| More Sound intelligence 3.0 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| Sensor technology | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Environmental Classifier | Five configurations | Four configurations | Three configurations | No configurations |
| Virtual Outer EAr | Three configurations | Two configurations | One configurations | One configuration |
| Intent Based Spatial Balancer | 100% | 60% | 60% | 40% |
| Neural Noise Suppression Difficult /Easy | 12db / 6db | 10db / 4db | 8db / 2db | 6db / 0db |
| Sound Enhancer | Three configurations | Two configurations | One configuration | One configuration |
| Wind & Handling Stabiliser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MoreSound Amplifier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MoreSound Optimiser | Six configurations | Five configurations | Four configurations | Two configurations |
| Feedback Shield | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spatial Sound | 4 estimators | 4 estimators | 4 estimators | 4 estimators |
| Soft Speech Booster | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Frequency Lowering Speech Rescue | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sound Quality | ||||
| Clear Dynamics | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Better-Ear Priority | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| Power Bass (streaming) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Processing Channels | 64 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Fitting Bands | 24 | 20 | 18 | 14 |
| Multiple Directionality Opitons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adaptation Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connecting to the world | ||||
| Oticon Companion App | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LE Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hands-Free Communication | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Direct Streaming | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ConnectCLip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EduMic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Control 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TV Adapter 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Phone Adapter 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tinnitus SoundSupport | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CROS/BiCROS Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |