86% of participants performed better with Signia Integrated Xperience versus key competitor in noisy group conversation

2025-04-02 Publication
Niels Søgaard Jensen, MSc, Barinder Samra, MSc, Sebastian Best, MSc, Cecil Wilson, MSc, Brian Taylor, AuD

Audiology Online, April 2, 2025

This article presents findings from an external validation study conducted by Hörzentrum Oldenburg, Germany. The study compared the Signia Integrated Xperience (IX) hearing aid with a competitor device featuring an AI co-processor. Results demonstrated significantly improved speech understanding with Signia IX in a test simulating a noisy group conversation. Notably, 86% of participants achieved better results with Signia IX compared to the competitor. These findings independently confirm previous studies, clearly demonstrating that technical signal-to-noise ratio advantages of Signia IX consistently translate into superior speech understanding for wearers.

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Niels Søgaard Jensen, M.Sc.

Niels Søgaard Jensen received his M.Sc. degree in acoustics and psychoacoustics from the Technical University of Denmark. He has a background as research engineer in the hearing aid industry where he has done research on various topics related to hearing loss and hearing aids. In 2016 he joined WS Audiology where he holds a position as Senior Evidence and Research Specialist in Lynge, Denmark.

Barinder Samra, M.Sc

Barinder Samra received his M.Sc. degree in audiological sciences from the University of Southampton. He has a background as a hearing care professional in the UK National Health Service where he has gained extensive clinical experience in multiple audiological fields. In 2023 he joined WS Audiology where he holds a position as Commercial Audiology Manager in Lynge, Denmark.

Sebastian Best, Dipl.-Ing.

Sebastian Best is Head of the Audiology Expert Team within the global WSA research and development team. His team develops of the Signia fitting and sound strategy and does the audiological optimization of our latest digital signal processing platforms. Mr. Best holds several patents within the field of digital signal processing and drives innovations within the audiological development. He earned his Dipl. Eng degree at the Technical University of Ilmenau. Prior to joining WSA, he gained extensive experience working with a variety of innovative recording and sound reproduction technologies – always in order to achieve the best possible listening experience.

Cecil Wilson, M.Sc.

Cecil Wilson received his M.Sc. degree in Signal processing from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He works in the hearing industry at WS Audiology since 2010. He is currently a Research Audiologist in the Sound and Fitting team. His key expertise is in automatic directional microphone systems for hearing aids and currently focuses on developing and optimization audiological features for hearing aid platforms.

Brian Taylor, AuD

Brian Taylor is the Senior Director of Audiology at Signia US. He is also the editor of Audiology Practices, a quarterly journal of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology and editor-at-large for Hearing Healthcare and Technology Matters, a leading industry blog.