How Phonak Infinio Separates Speech from Noise in Real Time

Hearing in a quiet room is easy. Hearing at a dinner party, in a crowded coffee shop, or across a noisy table from someone you love — that's a completely different challenge. If you've started dreading social situations or come home exhausted after events that used to feel effortless, you're not alone. That experience is the most common thing patients tell us about. And it's exactly what Phonak designed the Infinio to address.

Why Background Noise Is So Draining

Noise doesn't just compete with speech — it buries it. Your brain has to work overtime to pull out the voice you want to hear from everything else happening around you. Do that for a few hours, and you're wiped out. Many people with hearing loss start avoiding restaurants, parties, or family gatherings not because they can't hear, but because it's simply too exhausting to keep trying. That's when hearing loss becomes a quality-of-life problem.

Traditional hearing aids could make things louder. What they couldn't do was figure out *which* sounds actually deserved to be louder.

Two Chips, One Clear Goal

Phonak built the Infinio platform around a dual-chip design — something genuinely new for hearing aids at this level. Most hearing aids use a single processor that handles everything at once. Infinio splits that work between two dedicated chips.

The first chip, called ERA, manages the core functions: reading your sound environment, switching programs automatically, handling the everyday processing your hearing aids need to run. The second chip — DEEPSONIC — does one thing only: using AI to identify speech in real time and separate it from noise. It's not multitasking. It's completely focused on that single task, constantly.

Giving the AI its own dedicated processing space means it can work harder and smarter without slowing anything else down.

What "Up to 10 dB Better" Actually Means for You

The result of all that processing is a feature Phonak calls Spheric Speech Clarity. The goal is to deliver up to a 10 dB improvement in signal-to-noise ratio. That's technical language for something very practical: speech becomes significantly clearer relative to the surrounding noise — not just louder, but more intelligible.

To put that in perspective, even a 3–5 dB improvement makes a noticeable difference in how well you can follow a conversation. Ten decibels is a meaningful jump. Patients who've tried Infinio often describe it less as "hearing better" and more as "not having to work so hard." That's exactly the point — listening that doesn't feel like an effort.

Hearing Aids That Adjust Themselves

Infinio runs AutoSense OS 6.0, Phonak's automatic sound environment system. You don't have to remember to switch programs when you leave a quiet office and walk into a noisy street. The hearing aids read what's happening around you and adjust on their own.

Noisy restaurant? It shifts. Quiet conversation at home? It shifts back. The idea is simple: your hearing aids adapt to your life, not the other way around.

Built into this is something called SmartSpeech Technology, which pulls together several tools — Speech Enhancer, SpeechSensor, and Dynamic Noise Cancellation — all working together behind the scenes. You don't need to manage any of it. The system handles it so you can focus on the conversation instead.

Practical Features for Everyday Life

The Infinio line includes two main models: the Audéo Infinio R and the premium Audéo Infinio Sphere, both with Bluetooth connectivity for streaming directly from your phone or other devices. Battery life runs 16–18 hours on a single charge, and both models carry an IP68 water resistance rating — meaning sweat, rain, and everyday life aren't a problem.

The myPhonak app lets you personalize your experience between appointments, adjust settings on the fly, and track health metrics if that's useful to you. It's a simple way to stay in control of how your hearing aids perform day to day.

Ready to Try Phonak Infinio?

At Attentus Hearing Care, we fit the Phonak Infinio platform using evidence-based best practices. Dr. Abby Holauchock has over ten years of experience in private practice audiology and is focused on finding the right fit for each patient — the right device, the right settings, and the right ongoing support.

We see patients at our New Britain clinic and offer in-home hearing care throughout Bucks and Montgomery counties. If you're wondering whether Infinio might be a good fit for your lifestyle, we'd love to have that conversation with you. Call us at 267-669-1345 to schedule a consultation.