Auto-Calibrating Earbuds at IFA18: The Nuheara IQbuds BOOST

Nuheara’s latest model, the IQbuds BOOST ($499), is positioned by the company as its IQbuds basic model “on steroids,” adding increased amplification to the host of other features in this intelligent assistive listening device.

They include a feature called Ear ID, an app-based audiometric hearing assessment along the lines of what one would likely undergo at an audiologist’s office. Ear ID, in effect, learns how the wearer hears, and using the NAL-NL-2 method of hearing device fitting, adjusts the devices to the wearer’s personal hearing profile. The Focus feature helps the wearer by isolating and enhancing sound directly in front for better conversational clarity.