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MINNEAPOLIS, MN: At the nation’s Silicon Valley of nano hearing innovation, scientists at Starkey Hearing Technologies unveiled a tiny device called Via AI, which in just a few weeks has become the bellwether for a revolution in healthcare. “This is the best sounding, best performing hearing aid we have ever made,” announced Dr. Achin Bhowmik, Starkey’s chief technology officer and executive vice president of engineering. “When you put it on, you forget you have it on and you can wear it all the time. It has automatic connectivity, streaming your television and cell phone right into your ear, hands free.” Dr. Bhowmik joined Starkey, the nation’s largest hearing aid technology company, to connect Intel’s advanced sensor and artificial-intelligence capabilities within an all-new, svelte ear-worn hearing aid that weighs less than a dime and employs the same artificial intelligence used in Apple’s continuous glucose sensor to be built into its Apple Watch. Via AI is more than a hearing aid; it is a brain, health and fitness tracker, an ear-worn language translator capable of 27 languages, and an in-ear fall detector, automatically calling a loved one should the user fall. “Via AI provides the user clean hearing in noise, significant reduction in listening effort and less cognitive fatigue,” said Dr. David Fabry, chief innovation officer. Dr. Bhowmik adds, “I will give you my perspective as a normal-hearing person. I wear Via AI all the time because it streams my phone calls hands-free, and when I go to a loud restaurant where the volume is so loud anyone would have trouble hearing – I feel super-human.” The maker has released 100 sets for Houston-area field trials. To qualify call NewSound Hearing Centers at 1-888-7964976.