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ReSound bimodal
hearing solution

Collaboration with smarter hearing

Together with Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, we have a collaboration called the Smart Hearing Alliance. We have a history of product and technology collaboration and in 2017, we proudly introduced a first-of-its-kind bimodal hearing solution – two different devices that work together to deliver a seamless hearing experience that’s Made for iPhone.

What's a bimodal hearing solution?

Hearing aids and cochlear implants working together

A bimodal hearing solution is when you have a cochlear implant on one ear and a hearing aid on the opposite ear. 

It has been repeatedly demonstrated that users who have a cochlear implant on one ear can find great benefits from wearing a hearing aid on the other ear. Benefits discovered are:

  • Superior sound quality
  • Sound source localization (Spatial sense)
  • Speech recognition in noise
  • Music appreciation
Man wearing a cochlear implant.
What's a smart bimodal hearing solution?

Together with Cochlear we offer a smart bimodal solution that ensures your clients can control their settings and stream audio directly to both ears from compatible iOS and Android™ devices^. This means that with a Cochlear™ Nucleus® 8 or Kanso® 2 Sound Processor and a compatible ReSound hearing aid*, your clients can control their settings and stream audio directly to both ears from a compatible iOS or Android device^.

To see the compatible smartphone devices, please refer to the sections ”Compatible iOS devices” and ”Direct Android Streaming Devices” further up this page.

* Only BTE and RIE models support a smart bimodal solution

^ Requires that the phone manufacturer has enabled Android Streaming to Hearing Aids

ReSound Cochlear bimodal solution drawing.