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  LINX AUDIO™
Technology Summary		  

How It Works
Able Planet embeds patent-pending LINX AUDIO™ into audio and communication devices to enhance sound quality and speech clarity For All Levels of Hearing™. Here’s how it works:

Sound quality and speech
intelligibility are impacted by high frequency sounds

Hearing loss associated with age usually begins in the higher frequencies, or the “High Tones.” If you lose the ability to clearly hear these tones, high pitched sounds like “f”, “s” and “th” will be difficult to discriminate, and music may not sound as lively.

  
     
Red boxes in charts A & B highlight
identical frequency ranges
  
LINX AUDIO™ creates high frequency harmonics that enhance sound quality and speech clarity of difficult to hear words or notes, and increase the perception of loudness without increasing volume. LINX AUDIO™ provides full rich sound and enhanced speech clarity even at lower volumes, which may lead people to “Turn it Down™” to preserve hearing. An analogy of a richer sound might be the difference you hear when you play a “C” note on a piano, as opposed to a “C” Chord. The “C” Chord demonstrates the impact of adding harmonics to the audio signal.
  
 
   
  The red box on the left shows electroacoustic results of standard audio. The red box on the right shows the harmonics created after embedding LINX AUDIO™.    
 

LINX AUDIO™ filters
undesirable sound

LINX AUDIO™ removes undesirable sounds and noise making it easier to hear high frequency words or notes where clarity is often lost, maximizing full rich sound for music, and enhancing clear voice for speech intelligibility.

      

LINX AUDIO™ reduces distortion

Increasing volume increases all sounds, including distortion. As volume is increased, standard audio products hard clip peaks with traditional square-edge characteristics (red). LINX AUDIO™ reduces harsh sounds by soft-clipping distortion (yellow).

  

LINX AUDIO™ technology advantages

• Enhances sound quality
• Improves speech clarity
• Filters undesirable sound
• Reduces distortion
• Restricts electromagnetic interference
• Increases perceived loudness without increasing volume

  
 
 

Sound Fit™ (patent pending)

How It Works
Sound Fit™ is a state-of-the-art Technology Delivery, Positioning and Sound Management System that employs a conformable fitting element (CFE) to deliver sound and sound technologies into the ear canal for both Shallow and Deep applications. Additionally, Sound Fit can be anchored safely near the ear drum for maximum comfort and acoustic benefit.

1. Automatic Contraction or User Controlled Expansion of the CFE Provides a Custom Fit that is Perfect for Any Ear Canal, including Difficult-to-Fit Ear Canals with Narrow Canal Peripheral to those with Larger Interior Spaces;

2. Sound can be Channeled Deep into the Ear Canal, or Delivered by an In-Canal Receiver that is Positioned Safely Near the Ear Drum;

3. Sound Coatings Provide for Variable Applications that Customize Isolation from Acoustically Transparent to Unsurpassed Sound Suppression with Great Individualized Comfort;

4. Micro-Transducer Advantages;

a. Deep Canal Microphone Placement for Maximized Natural Acoustic Directionality;

b. Proximal Speaker-Tympanic Membrane Advantages: i. Increased Functional Gain; ii. Extended High Frequency Delivery; iii. Minimized Acoustic Delay;

5. Noise Cancellation Microphone to Reduce Undesirable Sounds and Background Noise that Mask Intelligibility;

6. In-Canal Voice Microphone for Wired and Bluetooth™ Telecom Applications;

7. Bone Conductivity Transducer can be Placed to Provide Firm and Continuous Contact for Optimal Performance;

8. Incorporates patented Linx Audio™ and Linx DSP™ for Optimal Sound Quality and Speech Clarity;

9. Versatile Design is Ideal for Hearing Aids, Audio and Communication devices.

Sound Fit™ Advantages

Improved form, fit and functionality for a wide range of audio and communication devices;
Delivers sound technologies directly to the ear canal;
Improves speech intelligibility;
Enhances sound quality;
Provides custom fit that is perfect for any ear canal;
Robust design provides safety and reliability over a long-life;
Reduces or cancels unwanted sounds and background noise that can impair intelligibility;
Unique design provides superior performance to existing alternatives Is easily retrofitted to existing products.

Sound Fit™, a 2009 Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Award winner, is a proprietary technology that Able Planet will launch this Spring into diverse markets for both Able Planet branded products, as well as a large number of strategic partner products (Wired and Wireless Earphones, Bluetooth Headsets, Professional Racing, Emergency Services, Hearing Aids, etc).

    
   
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Sound Fit™
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Please contact us if you have any questions about our Innovative Technologies.