Product release: Resound Vivia, an AI-driven hearing aid
- Koorosh Nejad
- Feb 9
- 3 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
After lagging behind the AI movement for a few years, Resound finally launched a new family of hearing aids in February 2025. The new family of Resound Vivia is available to patients in the US and Germany from the 20th of February. I have yet to have a pair to try Resound Vivia myself and reflect on the performance of the technology, but I thought I would give a heads up to the audience in the UK, in case you need to assess your options. The release of this product in the UK will be from mid-May 2025.
I will update this article likely in late May when I receive a demo kit of Resound Vivia to try. Please stay tuned.
What makes Resound Vivia unique, different, and worth considering?
Resound Vivia is AI-driven - Like Phonak Infino Sphere, it has two chips, one dedicated to AI and DNN processing (artificial intelligence and deep neural network). Only the premium level 9 of miniRIC rechargeable Resound Vivia has access to DNN sound management. Resound Vivia DNN is trained with 13.5 million sound samples and can only be activated manually by switching the hearing aid program to Hearing In Noise.
Intelligent Focus - Again, like Phonak Infinio Sphere and Oticon Intent, Resound Vivia uses an accelerometer and can have a deliberate focus on the person you turn your head to focus on. The AI will manage the background noise so you can hear speech better.
Range - Resound Vivia covers mild to severe to profound hearing loss.
Long battery life - Despite having two chips, the Resound Vivia will give you 30 hours of run time. This is the longest battery life for a double-chip AI-driven hearing aid as of the date of this article. If using the DNN for noise management, the battery life drops to about 10 hours.
Smallest RIC - Indeed, Resound Vivia is the smallest RIC hearing aid it might carry this title along with Starkey Edge.
Technology levels - Resound Vivia comes in 4 tech-levels, Resound Vivia 9, 7, 5 and 4, where level 9 is the premium model.
Rechargeable and battery powered - Resound Vivia comes in different power sources, including rechargeable, battery 312 and battery 13 models (which also have a telecoil system).
CROS system - Resound Vivia comes in CROS and biCROS systems.
Auracast - Resound Vivia does communicate through LE Audio Bluetooth as well as Auracast (more on Auracast here).
Compatibility - Vivia connects to the older legacy accessories, including Resound miniMic, MiniMic and Resound remote control and older model TV streamer.
Where are the rooms for improvement of Resound Vivia hearing aids?
Customisation - There are only 10 channels to adjust the gains on the frequency range of the hearing aid, which is quite limited compared to other premium hearing aids.
Speech in noise - While Resound Vivia received a reasonable score on all aspects, the independent Hear Advisor gave a low rank to Resound Vivia when it comes to speech in noise. See the analysis here.
Is Resound Vivia a good hearing aid for day-to-day listening?
While Resound Vivia is certainly the best hearing aid that Resound has built so far, I am afraid it may come short for those hoping to enjoy a conversation in a noisy background.
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