EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA – Starkey has announced that its all-new Genesis AI hearing aids have been named New Product of the Year in the 2023 BIG Awards for Business.
This global recognition, presented by the Business Intelligence Group, recognizes products that demonstrate unparalleled innovation, and are shaping the future of their industry. Starkey’s BIG Award for Business marks the ninth product innovation and design award won by Genesis AI so far this year.
“At Starkey, we don’t settle for ordinary. We continue to challenge ourselves with future-forward thinking. Genesis AI continues to push the edge of what’s possible, and as a result, our technology repeatedly earns international recognition for outstanding achievements in innovation. And we aren’t done yet – in five years, we’ll be ten years ahead.””
–Starkey President and CEO Brandon Sawalich
Starkey’s Genesis AI is “leading the hearing industry in redefining the future of hearing health, not just with incremental improvements, but with breakthrough benefits”.
The all-new Starkey Neuro Processor features “the industry’s most advanced processor technology which mimics the function of the central auditory system through a Deep Neural Network (DNN) on-chip accelerator and automatic functions”.
- Smallest processor ever by Starkey, but also the most powerful with 6x more transistors.
- Speed – the Starkey Neuro Processor operates quickly, efficiently, and quietly and is up to 4x faster than previous processors.
- Less power, more processing – the processor is more efficient with power while delivering significantly higher processing.
- Loaded with 5X more computational memory and 10X the amount of non-volatile memory.
“Congratulations to the entire Starkey team for re-architecting the hearing aid both inside and out,” said Starkey Chief Audiology Officer and Executive VP of Product Strategy Dr. Sara Burdak. “Genesis AI is Starkey’s most advanced hearing technology yet and it’s primed for continued success. Receiving this honor is a tribute to our commitment to excellence, along with the research and development we devoted to producing our all-new hearing technology.”
About Starkey
Starkey is a privately held, global hearing technology company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Founded by Bill Austin in 1967, Starkey is known for its innovative design, development and distribution of comprehensive digital hearing systems. Led today by President and CEO Brandon Sawalich, Starkey is the only American-owned provider of hearing technologies. The company has more than 5,000 employees, operates 29 facilities and does business in more than 100 markets worldwide.
Source: Starkey
