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Surround sound processor 

A feature contributing greatly to surround sound quality which was developed to emulate the human ear is the surround sound processor. This technology gives wearers the advantages of directionality without compromising on sound quality.

The best possible sound treatment 

Like a surround sound system the surround sound processor splits sound streams into bass (low frequencies) and treble (high frequencies) differentiating between the directionality characteristics to provide:

  • Full rich sound quality without distortion, internal noise and wind noise
  • Optimal speech understanding with improved awareness and ability to locate where sounds are coming from.

In the figure you can see how the surround sound processor creates spatial directivity patterns similar to the open ear.

Surround sound processor
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No compensation means no added noise   

With traditional directionality there is a need for a bass compensation, which causes noise problems. With the surround sound processor sensitivity for the bass frequencies is not lost in the first place, and thus there is no need for compensation.

The result is a full, rich sound and unequalled localisation and awareness.