The World’s Smallest Sound Processor is still a Ponto.
Oticon Medical is excited to announce the Ponto™ 5 Mini. This sound processor is packed with new technology providing outstanding sound quality to Ponto recipients while preserving the design and functionality that recipients have come to admire and depend upon. The new Ponto 5 Mini sound processor has a revolutionary approach to feedback and gives patients access to hear sounds from all directions. Additionally, Oticon’s RemoteCare for Oticon Medical enables patients to have their Ponto 5 sound processor adjusted remotely from the comfort of their own home while offering professionals greater clinical efficiency.
More sound to the brain
BrainHearing™ has been the foundation of everything we do at Oticon Medical for more than 30 years. It is based on extensive research on how to optimally support the brain’s natural process while listening especially when the environment becomes challenging. This research has guided the development of Oticon Medical’s solutions and continues to do so. New research confirms that this open soundscape gives the brain what it needs to create a better listening experience. It has been proven to give better speech understanding with less listening effort.[1] With BrainHearing technologies such as OpenSound Navigator™ and OpenSound Optimizer™ in Ponto 5 Mini patients now have access to more sound than ever before.
Clinical evidence evaluating the open sound experience of OpenSound Navigator giving users access to 360° of sound has proven that it improves speech understanding by 21%.1 Other, more traditional, sound processors improve speech intelligibility by removing sound using technologies such as directionality and speech prioritization. The open sound experience also significantly reduces the listening effort needed to make sense of sound. Pupillometry tests carried out on the OpenSound Navigator showed overall pupil dilation was reduced by 36%.1
Premium sound without audible feedback
Patients can enjoy the full dynamics of sound without having to worry about any unwanted sound interference because the OpenSound Optimizer technology in Ponto 5 Mini prevents audible feedback before it occurs.2
Historically, traditional feedback systems have only been able to overcome annoying whistling sounds by reducing gain and removing the dynamics of sound. While this certainly decreases feedback, it also reduces other sounds and can result in impaired speech understanding. The new OpenSound Optimizer in Ponto 5 defies conventional technology with a new, unique, and patented approach to feedback management. OpenSound Optimizer can detect and prevent audible feedback from occurring. This means you can fit patients with up to 6dB more gain without the risk of feedback.[2]
What does this mean for patients? Optimal gain throughout the day with no audible feedback, as the feedback is mitigated before it is about to occur. This provides an overall improvement in sound quality due to the increase in headroom, the additional available stable gain, and prevention of whistling.
Oticon RemoteCare
All aspects of Ponto 5 have been designed to make daily life easier for patients—including follow-up fitting. With the easy-to-use Oticon RemoteCare platform, they can now attend follow-up appointments and adjustments remotely. Recipients simply log into the Oticon RemoteCare app and attend an online fitting. Clinicians can adjust the patient’s program, create new programs, turn on features, and provide counseling using this intuitive platform.
Oticon RemoteCare saves travel time for patients, increases flexibility, and provides valuable insight into a patient’s home listening environment—all of which improve patient care.
The Ultimate in Reliability
The design of the Ponto 5 Mini has been extensively tested so you can be sure it meets the most stringent safety and quality standards. With this proven robustness, your users can rely on Ponto 5 Mini to deliver the performance they need, whatever their lifestyle.
To learn more about the revolutionary Ponto 5 Mini sound processor and its many features we are offering a one-hour CEU course through Audiology Online on October 27, 2021 at 12 PM Eastern (please click through link to register). For brochures and a product demonstration contact your regional clinical specialist.
About the Author
Carissa Moeggenberg is an audiologist who has worked with implantable technologies for 29 years. She is presently the Senior Manager of Clinical Training and Technical Services for Oticon Medical.
References
[1] Manuscript in preparation, Data on File - Clinical study BC102 [2] Data on file at Oticon Medical