Reveal is here. Oticon has released it and we are fitting it at both offices. Whether it is the right device for your particular hearing loss is a separate question, and an honest one: book a free evaluation and we will go through Reveal, Zeal and Intent against your own audiogram.
Reveal is Oticon's newest platform and the first hearing aid built around two AI systems running at the same time. One is tuned for speech. The other reads the wider soundscape. Both stay on continuously rather than switching between modes as the room changes.
What the Dual AI system is actually for
The problem every hearing aid wrestles with is a trade-off. Push hard on isolating speech and conversation gets clearer, but the world around you goes flat and you lose your sense of what is happening outside the conversation. Leave everything in and speech gets buried.
Reveal's approach is to run both jobs at once instead of choosing. The intended result is hearing the person across the table clearly while the room still sounds like a room, in real time, without you switching programs.
What Oticon's testing shows
These figures come from Oticon's own research, so read them as the manufacturer's claims rather than independent findings. They are still worth knowing:
- Up to 25 dB more usable gain than three leading competitors. This matters more than it sounds. Feedback, the whistling, is usually what limits how much help a hearing aid can safely give, so better feedback control means more available help
- Wind and Handling Stabilizer 2.0 cuts wind and fumbling noise by up to 40 dB, about 10 dB better than the previous generation
- Better streaming stability and range than Oticon Intent
- 94% of wearers in Oticon's comparison preferred Reveal to Intent
The practical details
Reveal keeps Oticon's 4D sensor approach, which reads head and body movement alongside the acoustic environment to work out what you are trying to listen to. It sits in a small miniRITE housing, charges overnight for all-day power, and connects directly to iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
There is also Oticon CROS RE for single-sided hearing, the first CROS system to run the Dual AI processing. If you have one ear that does most of the work, that is the one to ask about.
Is Reveal the right one for you?
Maybe. It is the newest platform, and newest is not the same as best for your ears.
Oticon Zeal is still the one we fit most often, and for good reason. It is discreet, rechargeable, and because we stock it in the fitting range that covers most of the hearing losses we see around here, many patients walk out fitted the same day as their evaluation. Oticon Intent adds the 4D sensor system if your hardest listening happens in busy, moving situations.
What decides between them is your audiogram and where your days are actually hard, not the release date. Some people will hear a real difference with the Dual AI processing. Others will do just as well on a device that costs less, and we will say so.
Come in and listen to them yourself. Every new fitting includes a 30-day trial, so the decision is never final on the day you make it.
Where to find us
- Kulpmont, 963 Chestnut St, open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, (570) 373-5000
- Hazle Township, 426 Airport Rd, Suite 139, serving the Hazleton area, open Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, (570) 459-1400
Schedule a free hearing evaluation and hear Reveal for yourself, alongside the devices we fit most.
Related: the full Oticon lineup · Oticon Zeal · Oticon Intent · what happens at a hearing evaluation