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Discover the latest Muse

and Halo 2 updates
 The enhanced Synergy platform
Approved by professionals. Enjoyed by patients. Made for
Our smallest
Made for iPhone
hearing aid

Acuity OS 2
Our next-generation operating
Halo 2 RIC 312 system with Interactive
Intelligence — allowing
patients to hear better at the
speed of life

It’s been proven, hearing health is

Synergy is the directly connected to overall health
only platform to and well-being. People who are
feature quad core able to hear and engage with the
twin compressor world around them live better and
technology healthier lives.
TruLink updates
All new TruLink® 4.0
ZPower This pursuit, helping people
ultimate personalization
Rechargeable hear better so they can live better,
Our rechargeable option
for Muse™ micro RIC 312t
led to our biggest technology
breakthrough to date — the
Synergy® platform. Approved by
patients and professionals alike,
the Synergy platform has made
SurfLink
a real impact in the lives of
Mini Mobile
patients. Synergy is the only
platform to feature quad core
technology and is the first to provide
supreme precision for audibility
Our new, small and Muse enhancements
simple cell phone Expanded technology
and the ultimate optimization for
streaming solution offerings listening enjoyment.
SYNERGY PLATFORM ADVANCES STARKEY SOUND

With new products and the latest Synergy enhancements, we continue to

Made to deliver
deliver the clarity, comfort, confidence and connectivity patients deserve.

The latest Synergy enhancements provide a more

personalized experience with:

› 
Acuity OS 2: Our fastest, › 
Surflink Mini Mobile: A new,
most personalized and natural- small, simple and affordable
sounding operating system cell phone streaming solution
with new Personalized Initial Fit
› 
Z Power Rechargeable Battery
Protocol designed to increase
Solution: Rechargeable option
satisfaction and comfort
with Muse micro RIC 312t
› 
Halo 2 RIC 312: Our smallest
Made for iPhone® hearing aid

Synergy is technology › 
TruLink App 4.0: Offering
made for the next patients more on-demand
generation of patients. personalization and control

“I had no idea how much I was

struggling until I got these new
Today’s Since day one, Starkey® has centered everything we do hearing aids. My life just got
patients around the patient. We help enable your patients to
want more 1000% better.”
because hear better in difficult environments and live a better life.
— Alina P.
they do As we continue to innovate, we do so with you and your
more 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.
ACUITY OS 2 IS OUR ENHANCED, HIGH-DEF OPERATING SYSTEM

Made for Acuity OS 2 improves all aspects of patients’

hearing experiences, allowing them to enjoy even
more moments with their friends and loved ones.
the speed of life
Each day, your patients are exposed to rich lifescapes
that include an abundance of different sounds. Interactive Environmental transitions five times faster than the previous
Intelligence iteration of Acuity OS.

Today’s patients are more active and demanding. They want services Seamless When patients are in conversation and moving between
environment environments, they’ll experience natural and transparent
and products that are customized to their lifestyles and not just a one-
shifts in real time transitions.
size-fits-all approach. Acuity™ OS 2 delivers the personalization they
want at the speed their lives require.
New fitting protocol in Inspire allows for a faster and more
Personalized
personalized best fit – shortening the time spent on fitting
We’re excited to announce our next-generation operating system, Initial Fit Protocol
patients, allowing you to dedicate more time to counseling.
Acuity OS 2 with Interactive Intelligence that’s five times faster
than its predecessor — delivering at the speed of patients’ lives like
This Initial Fit feature is designed to increase acceptance
never before. Interactive Intelligence quickly and continuously adapts
Experience of Starkey Sound,™ especially with new users, by providing
to changing environments when speech is present, allowing patients
Manager recommended gain settings to increase patient comfort
to effortlessly move from one lifescape to the next — without missing and satisfaction.
a word.

With a music memory or automatic adaption that can be

Acuity OS 2 also includes new protocols designed to Music adaptation
adjusted to unique, individual preferences, patients can
increase patient satisfaction and optimize initial gain and memory
listen to music the way it was meant to be heard.
settings. This gives you more time to counsel and
educate your patients on their new devices.
The combination of Synergy and 900sync™ technology
Ultra-high
delivers an ultra-high definition audio experience, providing
definition sound
“These hearing aids and the patients with the most natural, coordinated and connected
with 900sync
hearing experience.
professionals who fit them
are life changing!”
New Muse and Halo™ 2 products will ship with Acuity OS 2.
— George T. Backwards
All Muse and Halo 2 products currently worn by patients
compatibility
can be upgraded to the new OS at any time.
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 —
Ear-to-ear adaptation
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
collaborative decision
making, while simultaneously
maintaining comfort
Acuity Lifescape Analyzer —
Our most rigorously tested
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
• Handles multiple environments
simultaneously
Acuity Voice — Provides
optimal audibility for speech
• 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
on a per-channel basis
• Instantly applies variable noise
adaptation in all channels, even
between pauses in conversation
Acuity Directionality — Designed
to improve speech understanding
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
speech enhancement, even when
it occurs behind the patient
• Is binaural and ensures optimal
performance and switching

• Provides up to 20dB of • Delivers consistent, high-fidelity

noise reduction sound to enhance conversation
participation
 HALO 2 CONNECTS PATIENTS TO THEIR WORLD

Halo 2 works
seamlessly with
iPhone, iPad®,
Made for
iPod touch® and
Apple Watch®

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
TRULINK HEARING CONTROL APP FEATURES
Made for
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.
Your patients can answer calls with the touch of a button and
Phone Calls*
hear entire conversations when streaming directly to their
Halo 2 hearing aids via Bluetooth® technology.
SoundSpace enables patients to easily adjust sound to a specific
setting. By simply moving their finger on the screen, they can
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.
Patients can easily change volume and switch memories on their
Remote hearing aids from their Apple® or Android™ device. They can also
Control 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
TruLink
where they are, and automatically adjust their Halo 2 hearing aids
Memories
when they enter that space. For instance, a geotagged “coffee
shop” memory will automatically activate when they walk into their
favorite coffee shop.
Halo 2 hearing aids provide direct streaming of phone calls,
Pristine Audio music and media from a patient’s iPhone — so they can enjoy
Streaming* clear communication and pristine audio streaming any time,
anywhere, for impressive, immersive sound.
With TruLink’s Adaptive Car Mode, Halo 2 hearing aids will
TruLink Adaptive automatically change to a setting designed to reduce the
Car Mode distracting sounds of driving and enhance patients’ overall
driving experiences.
Patients can record, play back and email audio as it happens –
or listen to it later. They can even use their iPhone as a
Live Microphone* microphone. They simply set their iPhone nearby, turn on the
feature and conversations are streamed directly to their Halo 2
hearing aids.
Let your patients know they can have Siri® read texts
Siri Integration*
and emails directly to their Halo 2 hearing aids.
Lost hearing aids can be easily located using the Find My
Find My Hearing Aids feature with both a location and a timestamp.
Hearing Aids A signal detector sends a stronger or weaker signal based
on how close a patient is to locating their Halo 2 hearing aids.
Apple Watch The TruLink app for Apple Watch can control volume, change
Compatible* memories and mute patients’ hearing aids right from their wrists.
Integrated controls in the app help patients control the volume
Tinnitus
and modulation rate of our patent-pending Multiflex Tinnitus
Treatment
Technology.
Real-Time Patients can hear email, calendar, message and social media
Notifications* notifications directly through their Halo 2 hearing aids.
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
MUSE DELIVERS WHAT PATIENTS WANT

Made for

“I still have much to discover

Muse provides the
most natural
about my Muse hearing aids —
hearing experience they’re the best decision I’ve
in the most complex
made in a long, long time.”
environments.
— Mike W.

At Starkey Hearing Muse, our most popular hearing aid family ever,
Technologies, continues to help patients hear better so they
we believe that
to hear better can live better every single day.
is to live better.
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.
SURFLINK MINI MOBILE STREAMS PHONE CALLS WITH EASE ZPOWER PROVIDES CONVENIENT, ALL-DAY POWER

“It’s been a game changer

for me. I have complete
Mini solution. confidence that my
batteries are going to last.”

Big impact. — Greg M.

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
Recharge. Relax.
Repeat.
Microphone 2

• Plug the Mini Mobile into the bottom of the

SurfLink Remote Microphone 2 SurfLink
Mini Mobile
• Stream calls from any Bluetooth-ready mobile System

phone to Muse hearing aids

SurfLink Mini Mobile
adapter
In a recent study, one of the top-requested features
for hearing aids was rechargeability.*

Thanks to ZPower,® Starkey offers a

rechargeable option that’s available on all
Our full line of SurfLink accessories future orders of our Muse micro RIC 312t.
also includes: Now, patients can have the confidence
that their batteries won’t fail at inconvenient
 SurfLink Mobile 2
times. The rechargeable Muse micro RIC
 SurfLink Media 2 312t ships with no assembly required by you
 SurfLink Remote or your patients.

 SurfLink Remote Microphone 2

*ZPower: https://zpowerbattery.com/
 Made to promote
Untreated hearing loss is a major
health and quality of life issue.
Adults with untreated hearing loss
are more likely to develop dementia.7
People with

Halohealth and wellness mild hearing loss

2 hearing aids are made to help. severe loss
are 3x
more likely
D ID YOU K NOW? moderate loss
to have a
history of

Older adults * There is a significant

association between
mild loss

2x 3x 5x
falling.8

with impaired hearing may

have a shorter lifespan
high blood T I M E S M O R E L I K E LY

than their peers without pressure

and untreated
hearing problems.1
*70 years and older hearing loss.2 Adults with
untreated hearing loss
People with have higher
untreated hearing loss unemployment
can expect to suffer losses rates than
10% 20% 30% 40% in compensation due their normal-
to underemployment.9 hearing 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 Adults with *

People with low-
360 million untreated hearing loss frequency hearing loss
of the world's population were more likely to report depression, are considered at risk for
have disabling anxiety and paranoia than peers who cardiovascular events.10
hearing loss4 wore hearing aids.5
*50 years and older

Untreated hearing
loss is a major
18- to 69-year olds had significantly higher
health and quality
with untreated instances of moderate- of life issue.
hearing loss to-severe depression6
ALONE WE CAN’ T DO MUCH, TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

Made so the
world may hear

Our Founder and CEO, William F. 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

The gift of hearing
of Starkey Hearing Foundation. 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.

When you purchase
Starkey hearing aids,
you help a person
in need around
the world.
Starkey Hearing Foundation has
provided more than 1 million
hearing aids to people in need
worldwide and is committed to
providing 1 million more
this decade.

100 +
COUNTRIES 1.9+MILLION
HEARING AIDS
COUNTLESS
LIVES CHANGED
 Feature overview
Made for every
Premium Advanced Select Low Basic
Feature
i2400 i2000 i1600 i1200 i1000
Platform:
Synergy
Sound Imaging:
Channels | Bands 24 20 16 12 10
Bandwidth:
Extended
10 kHz 10 kHz 10 kHz 8 kHz 8 kHz
Operating System:
Our product lineup was designed to enhance any Acuity OS 2

environment your patients frequent. MHz Wireless Technology:

900sync
Wireless Streaming:
Spatial Streaming
Listening Technology Speech Compression:
Environments Levels Acuity Speech Optimization

Music Optimization:
VERY Music Enhancement
Crowd ACTIVE Music Memory
Music Adaptation 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E2E Music Adaptation

Car Ear-to-Ear Technology:

Acuity Binaural Imaging
E2E Wind Noise Management 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E2E Machine Noise Adaptation 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Theater E2E Directionality
E2E Phone Streaming

MORE Environment Manager:

Party ACTIVE Acuity Lifescape Analyzer
Music 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Speech 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Speech and Noise 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Workplace Machine Noise 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Wind 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Noise 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Quiet 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Mall
Directional Processing:
Acuity Directionality
ACTIVE Channels 24 20 16 12 10
Worship
Dynamic

Directional

Adaptive
Outdoors
Noise Control:
Acuity Voice
Noise Reduction Strength 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Restaurant
Feedback Management:
WhistleFree Feedback Cancellation
Frequency Lowering:
Meeting Speech Shift
Tinnitus Technology:
Multiflex Tinnitus Technology
Advanced

Wireless Accessory Compatibility:

Conversation
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Norton, A. (2015). Older Adults’ Hearing Loss May Be Tied to Earlier Death. HealthDay News. Retrieved from http://
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Agarwal,
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Halo 2 and TruLink are compatible with 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. “Made for iPod,” “Made for iPhone,” and “Made for iPad” mean that an electronic accessory has been
designed to connect specifically to iPod, iPhone, or iPad, respectively, 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 regu-
latory 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, App Store and Siri are trademarks of Apple
Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

ZPower is a registered trademark of ZPower LLC.

Google Play and Android are trademarks of Google Inc. All trade names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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