Honored in Competitive “Wearable Technologies” Category by World’s Leading Consumer Technology Awards Program

Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 November, 2022. The Consumer Electronics Association (CES) has named Oticon Own™ a CES® 2023 Innovation Award Honoree in the highly competitive Wearable Technologies category. The leading international awards program annually selects the best of the best in consumer electronics. Judges for the prestigious technology award praised Oticon Own for “innovative design and engineering features that scored highly across the evaluation criteria.” The discreet hearing solution is the world’s first custom hearing aid with an on-board Deep Neural Network that learned more like the brain because it learned through experience. The Oticon Own family of custom styles represents a significant leap in technology generations, delivering Oticon’s most advanced performance with the superior power, speed, and features of the groundbreaking Polaris™ platform.

This is the eighth consecutive year that Oticon’s life-changing technology has been recognised by the CES Innovation Awards. The newest award brings the number of times Oticon has received CES Innovation Awards to 14. Oticon Own is also the sixth international award for Oticon hearing aids built on the Polaris platform launched in 2020, including the five awards captured by Oticon More™.

“We are a company that is extremely proud of being committed to developing innovative hearing aid technology that makes a real difference in people’s lives,” says Lisbeth Meng Collignon, VP, Brand Management Oticon. “Having Oticon Own honored by the Consumer Electronics Association, and to once again be recognised for outstanding hearing aid technology, is a testament to the dedication of a passionate team that only looks forward and never stands still. We will continue to innovate, change lives, and stand out amongst the world’s most cutting-edge consumer technology.”

The Oticon Own family of discreet hearing aids is packed with Oticon’s BrainHearing™ technologies, which deliver high audiological performance and support the brain’s natural way of working, so that users can enjoy a richer sound experience. Oticon Own includes the world’s first on-board Deep Neural Network (DNN), trained with 12 million real-life sound scenes. It means that Oticon Own recognises a wealth of sounds, their details and how they should be heard in a natural way. With Oticon Own, hearing care professionals can offer users a highly discreet product with best-in-class audiology and technology, including an Invisible-In-Canal style that is invisible to 9 out of 10 users*. Furthermore, users are provided a fully customised fit for ultimate comfort.

*Rumley et al. (2022). Oticon Own evidence. Oticon whitepaper

About Oticon

500 million people worldwide suffer from hearing loss. The majority are over the age of 50 while eight percent are under the age of 18. Oticon's vision is to create a world where people are no longer limited by hearing loss. A world where hearing aids fit seamlessly into life and help people realise their full potential, while avoiding the health consequences of hearing loss. Oticon develops and manufactures hearing aids for both adults and children and supports every kind of hearing loss from mild to profound and we pride ourselves on developing some of the most innovative hearing aids in the market. Headquartered in Denmark, we are a global company and part of Demant with more than 16,500 employees and revenues of around DKK 15 billion. Changing technology. Changing conventions. Changing lives. Oticon – Life-changing hearing technology.