Description
Oticon Real Hearing Aids
The Oticon Real range of hearing aids was released in March 2023 and supersedes the Oticon More and OPN S Range of hearing aids. Oticon Real is Oticon’s premium hearing aid range and sits above the Oticon Zircon ‘budget’ hearing aids.
Oticon is the largest hearing aid manufacturer in Denmark. It is part of the William Demant Group, which includes hearing aid manufacturer Bernafon. The Oticon manufacturer page for Oticon Real can be found by clicking here.
Oticon Real Hearing Aid models:
Oticon Real is available in 3 technology levels: Real 3, Real 2, and Real 1, the top-of-the-range model.
Oticon Real MiniRITE R – Rechargeable RIC – telecoil
Oticon Real MiniRITE-T – RIC using a 312 battery – telecoil
Oticon Real MiniBTE R – Rechargeable BTE – telecoil
Oticon Real MiniBTE-T – BTE using a 312 battery – telecoil
Oticon Real Hearing Aid Prices
Sound Hearing believes in transparency and, therefore, publishes all the prices of our hearing aids. To locate a price, click on the picture to choose the hearing aid model. If you hover over the image, a text description will appear. Next, select the technology level you are interested in. Below technology, choose a single or pair of hearing aids and then Standard Service or Service LITE. A price will then appear above and below. If you click clear, all tabs will be reset to perform a new search.
Sound Hearing offer Standard Service and Service LITE:
Standard Service – includes a home visit hearing test, a home visit fitting and home visit aftercare for life. This suits new users and older adults who may have trouble cleaning and maintaining their hearing aids and need regular support.
Service LITE – Includes a home visit hearing test and a home visit fitting. Aftercare is then chargeable. This may be suited to experienced hearing aid users who can maintain their hearing aids. It may also be suited to customers who spend time overseas.
Oticon Real Hearing Aid Technology – New Features
More Sound Intelligence 2.0
MoreSound Intelligence 2.0 – scans the sound environment 500 times a second resulting in an accurate analysis of the sound landscape. It applies the users preferred listening preferences to deliver a natural representation of all sounds in a clear and balanced listening experience.
The new Wind and Handling Stabiliser detects wind and handling 500 times a second. Once wind or handing is seen, the hearing aid reduces the unwanted sounds without affecting speech clarity.
MoreSound Amplifier 2.0
MoreSound Amplifier makes the whole sound scene audible by providing the correct amount of gain for the users hearing loss while maintaining the fine contrast and balance between sounds. This ensures the brain can access all the essential information it needs to make sense of sound.
The new SuddenSound Stabiliser feature allows the hearing aid to handle both soft (keyboards) and loud sudden sounds (slamming of a door), ensuring the sounds are audible but not uncomfortable and disruptive.
MoreSound Optimiser
MoreSound Optimiser proactively prevents feedback (whistling) from the hearing aid before it occurs. This ensures the hearing aid provides optimal gain for the wearer in all listening environments without losing speech understanding.
Oticon Real Highlights Video
Oticon Real Hearing Aids Rechargeable Options
Oticon Real MiniRite and MiniBTE Rechargeable are available with the standard desktop charger or the new Oticon SmartCharger with a built-in power bank which offers more flexibility:
• Recharges hearing aids without access to main power —minimum of three total charges
• Fully charges hearing aids in three hours.
• 30-minute quick charge provides an additional six hours of power
• Designed for travel with a protective lid
• Drying function automatically removes moisture from hearing aids
Oticon Real Hearing Companion APP
The improved Oticon Companion app allows users to personalise their listening experience.
Oticon Companion app features:
- Adjust volume and programmes.
- Remember Volume Settings – if you adjust the volume, the hearing aids will remember your new preferred hearing levels.
- Sound Equalizer – customise the sound of your hearing aids.
- Streaming Equalizer – customise the sound when streaming sound.
- Find my hearing aids
- Set hearing goals with Hearing Fitness.
- Update your hearing aids – minor hearing aid firmware updates are available via Companion app
- Check battery status.
- Control your tinnitus sounds.
- Pair your hearing aids with your smart home controls.
- Remote Hearing Care
You can check whether you phone or tablet is compatible with Oticon Real Hearing Aids here.
Oticon Real Hearing Aid Colours
Oticon Real is available in various colours; Terracotta, Chestnut Brown, Chroma Beige, Diamond Black, Olive Green (MiniRITE R only), Pink, Silver Grey, and Steel Grey.
Compare Oticon Real 1, Real 2 and Real 3 Features
For an explanation of features please see table at end of page| Oticon Real 1 | Oticon Real 2 | Oticon Real 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Understanding | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| MoreSound Intelligence™ 2.0 | 5 Options | 5 Options | 3 Options |
| -Environment configuration | 3 Configurations | 1 Configurations | 1 Configuration |
| -Spatial Balancer | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| -Neural Noise Suppression, Difficult / Easy | 10dB / 4dB | 6dB / 2 dB | 6dB / 0dB |
| -Sound Enhancer | 3 configurations | 1 configurations | 1 configurations |
| -Wind & Handling Stabilizer | • | • | • |
| MoreSound Amplifier™ 2.0 | • | • | • |
| -SuddenSound Stabilizer | 6 Configurations | 2 Configurations | 1 Configuration |
| Feedback Prevention | MoreSound Optimizer™ & Feedback Shield | MoreSound Optimizer™ & Feedback Shield | MoreSound Optimizer™ & Feedback Shield |
| Spatial Sound™ | 4 Estimators | 2 Estimators | 2 Estimators |
| Soft Speech Booster | • | • | • |
| Frequency lowering | Speech Rescue™ | Speech Rescue™ | Speech Rescue™ |
| Speech Quality | |||
| Clear Dynamics | • | • | |
| Better-Ear Priority | • | • | |
| Bass Boost (streaming) | • | • | |
| Processing Channels | 64 | 48 | 48 |
| Personalization & Optimizing Fitting | |||
| Fitting Bands | 24 | 20 | 18 |
| Multiple Directionality options | • | • | • |
| Adaptation Manager | • | • | • |
| Fitting Formulas | VAC+, NAL-NL1/NALNL2, DSL v5 | VAC+, NAL-NL1/NALNL2, DSL v5 | VAC+, NAL-NL1/NALNL2, DSL v5 |
| Connecting to the World | |||
| Oticon Companion app | • | • | • |
| Hands-free communication** | • | • | • |
| Direct streaming*** | • | • | • |
| ConnectClip | • | • | • |
| Remote Control 3.0 | • | • | • |
| TV Adapter 3.0 | • | • | • |
| Phone Adapter 2.0 | • | • | • |
| Additional | |||
| Tinnitus SoundSupport™ | • | • | • |
| CROS/BiCROS support | • | • | • |
Oticon Real Wireless Accessories – Click here to purchase
Oticon TV Adaptor 3.0
Plugs into your TV and will stream stereo sound direct to your hearing aids.
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 hearing aid volume or program.
Sennheiser BTD800 Bluetooth dongle
Plugs into a USB port (PC) and will allow a wireless audio link to the Connect Clip.
Oticon Oticon Real Compatible Spare Parts
| Spares | |
|---|---|
| Domes | Oticon MiniFit |
| Filters | Oticon ProWax |
| Slim tubes | Oticon Corda MiniFit |
| Standard tubing | |
| Ear hook | |
| Receiver/Speaker Wire | Oticon MiniFit Detect |
| Battery | Depends on Model |
| Charger | Replacement Charger |
| Wireless Accessories | |
|---|---|
| Remote Control | Oticon Remote Control 3.0 |
| TV Connector | Oticon TV Apater 3.0 |
| Remote Mic | Oticon Connect Clip |
Oticon Real Features Explanation
Oticon Real Feature Overview
| Oticon Real Feature | Feature Explanation |
|---|---|
| Clear Dynamics | Expands the dynamic input range, processing sounds up to 113 dB SPL, to preserve sound quality even at loud input levels |
| Better-Ear Priority | Optimises listening in asymmetrical, noisy situations |
| Feedback shield | Employs a proven and effective feedback management system to reduce the risk of feedback and suppress feedback if it occurs |
| MoreSound Amplifier 2.0 | Sound processing occurs in an adaptive path setup that gives priority to resolution or speed, based on the current sound scene. Including SuddenSound Stabilizer |
| MoreSound Intelligence 2.0 | Creates a clearer and more distinct contrast between sounds by swiftly scanning and analyzing, precisely organizing the spatial sound scene, and intelligently creating contrast and suppressing unwanted noise through the embedded Deep Neural Network. Including Wind & Handling Stabilizer |
| MoreSound Optimizer | Improves listening performance and comfort with ultra-fast proactive feedback detection and prevention. Enables optimal gain all day |
| Soft Speech Booster | Applies an individual amount of soft gain to increase soft speech understanding |
| Sound Enhancer | Dynamically provides gain primarily for speech sounds in difficult environments, based on user preference |
| Spatial Sound | Preserves interaural level differences to provide precise spatial awareness that helps users identify where sounds are coming from |
| SpeechBooster | Provides additional help in moderately complex environments when needed by the user. Must be activated in the Oticon Companion app |
| Speech Rescue | Makes high frequency speech sounds like /s/ and /sh/ more audible using frequency composition |
| SuddenSound Stabilizer | Provides instant and balanced amplification of both soft and loud sudden sounds |
| Tinnitus SoundSupport | Provides a variety of relief sounds, including soothing ocean sounds, to meet the individual needs of people with tinnitus |
| TwinLink | Combines two distinct radio technologies in an innovative wireless communication system. Features one technology to support seamless, energy-efficient binaural communication between two hearing aids (NFMI) and one to support communication with external electronic and digital devices (2.4 GHz) |
| Virtual Outer Ear | Provides a true-to-real ear pinna simulation with three different settings for user preference |
| Wind & Handling Stabilizer | Protects against wind and handling noise from entering the processing in the hearing aid for more comfort and better access to speech |
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Sources
- Santurette et al. (2023). SuddenSound Stabilizer – Evidence and user benefits. Oticon Whitepaper.
- Christensen, J., Whiston, H., Lough, M., Gil-Carvajal, J., Rumley, J., & Saunders, G. (2022). Real-life benefits of Deep Neural Network-based noise reduction in hearing aids—manuscript in preparation.
- Gade et al. (2023). Wind & Handling Stabilizer – Evidence and user benefits. Oticon Whitepaper.
- O’Sullivan, J., et al. (2019); Hausfeld, L., et al. (2018); Puvvada, K. C. & Simon, J. Z. (2017).