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Starkey
The only major hearing aid manufacturer based in the United States — and the only platform that treats hearing health and whole-body wellness as the same clinical priority. Expertly fit and verified with Real Ear Measurement at our Freehold, NJ office.
American-Made, Clinically Driven
Starkey was founded in 1967 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and remains the only major hearing aid manufacturer headquartered in the United States. That origin matters not only as a point of pride but as a reflection of a distinct engineering philosophy — one that has consistently prioritized clinical performance, personalization, and patient health outcomes as the defining measures of what a hearing aid should do.
At Haynie Audiology, we fit the full Starkey lineup, and every device is verified to your specific hearing and ear anatomy so you experience the full benefit of what Starkey's platform can deliver.
The Starkey AI Difference — DNN 360 and Edge Mode+
Starkey's current hearing aid platform is built around DNN 360 — a deep neural network trained on more than 500 hours of real-world sound environments that runs continuously inside every current Starkey device. DNN 360 processes what you are hearing in real time, distinguishing speech from background noise, and adapting the amplification and sound shaping accordingly — not in occasional bursts of processing, but 55 million times per second without interruption.
Where most hearing aids apply a single processing approach to every environment and adjust from there, DNN 360 was trained specifically on the kinds of complex, overlapping acoustic environments — restaurants, outdoor gatherings, reverberant spaces, multiple simultaneous talkers — that hearing aid wearers find most challenging. The result is a hearing experience that adapts faster and more accurately to changing conditions than platforms relying on rule-based processing alone.
For situations where the automatic processing needs additional support, Edge Mode+ provides an on-demand AI boost — a single tap that signals the devices to apply their maximum speech clarity processing in the most difficult listening moment, without requiring any manual program switching.
Where Starkey Stands Apart — Health and Hearing Together
This is the feature set no other hearing aid manufacturer has matched — and the reason patients whose lives extend well beyond the audiologist's office find Starkey compelling in a way that goes beyond audiological performance.
Starkey's current platform integrates clinical-grade health monitoring directly into the hearing aids themselves — without any additional device, wearable, or subscription service. Built-in sensors track daily steps, physical activity, and social engagement. The Omega AI platform adds respiratory rate monitoring and Balance Builder — an in-app series of guided exercises designed to reduce fall risk through active balance training. And fall detection — the first of its kind in the hearing aid industry — uses the device's motion sensors to identify the movement signature of a fall and automatically alert the patient's pre-selected emergency contacts.
For older adults who live independently, for families concerned about a parent's safety, and for patients managing the documented relationship between hearing loss and balance — these features turn a hearing aid into something more than a hearing aid. They turn it into a daily health partner.
The My Starkey App — Intelligence in Your Pocket
The My Starkey app extends the intelligence of the hearing aids into the patient's smartphone — and on the current Omega AI platform, goes significantly further than any previous Starkey app generation.
Volume control, program switching, and equalizer adjustment are the foundation. On top of that, TeleHear AI allows patients to describe a sound problem in plain language and receive an instant AI-generated adjustment based on thousands of professional fitting profiles. The Gen AI Smart Assistant responds to voice commands — switching programs, adjusting settings, answering questions about the hearing aids — without requiring any screen navigation. And the Sound Map feature saves custom sound settings to specific locations, applying the right program automatically when the wearer arrives at their regular restaurant, house of worship, or workplace.
The app also manages health tracking, fall detection contacts, Balance Builder exercises, and the Find My Hearing Aids location feature for patients who misplace their devices.
The Starkey Lineup
Starkey offers a range of hearing aids covering different form factors, hearing loss profiles, and feature priorities. We fit and verify each one at our Freehold office:
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Starkey Omega AI — Starkey's current flagship RIC. The most advanced DNN 360 processing, Gen AI Smart Assistant, TeleHear AI, fall detection, respiratory rate monitoring, Balance Builder, Bluetooth LE Audio, and Auracast. The most comprehensive Starkey platform available today.
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Starkey Genesis AI — Starkey's custom in-the-ear lineup exclusively custom-molded to the patient's anatomy — available in completely-in-canal, in-the-canal, half-shell, and full-shell ITE styles
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Starkey G Series AI — The mid-tier Starkey RIC. Strong DNN 360 performance and the core My Starkey app feature set at a more accessible price point than the Omega AI. The right choice for patients who want Starkey's flagship sound processing without the health monitoring tier.
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Starkey Edge AI — A premium slim RIC with a distinctive, modern form factor. Full G2 Neuro processing, Edge Mode+, and Bluetooth connectivity in a device designed for patients who want performance with a more contemporary aesthetic.
Each of these is covered in detail on its own page — and part of our job is helping you understand which platform and form factor genuinely fits your hearing loss, your lifestyle, and your daily priorities.
Why the fitting matters as much as the device
Even the most advanced hearing aid only performs as well as its fitting. Studies consistently show that hearing aids programmed to manufacturer defaults.
Starkey's DNN 360 processing performs at its clinical best when the underlying amplification is verified to the patient's specific hearing loss and ear canal anatomy. Without that verification, the neural network is processing a signal that has not been correctly calibrated — and the performance patients experience in the real world will not reflect what the device is capable of.
At Haynie Audiology, every Starkey fitting follows a verified best-practices protocol built around Real Ear Measurement — a probe microphone placed at the eardrum confirms the device is delivering precisely the right amplification for your specific ear. Fewer than one in five audiology practices performs this step. It is standard at every fitting we do, regardless of which device you choose.
Experience Starkey in Freehold, NJ
Starkey is a compelling choice for patients who want AI-driven speech performance, patients whose lifestyles benefit from integrated health monitoring and fall detection, patients who want a custom in-the-ear device with full connectivity, and patients who value the fact that their hearing aids are designed and manufactured in the United States. It is one of several outstanding options we offer, and the right choice depends on a professional evaluation and an honest conversation about your hearing and your life.
Dr. Alexandra Haynie, Au.D., CCC-A, ABA provides Starkey hearing aid fittings — verified with Real Ear Measurement — at Haynie Audiology & Hearing Associates, 31 West Main Street in downtown Freehold, serving patients throughout Monmouth County including Manalapan, Marlboro, Howell, Middletown, Hazlet, Red Bank, and Aberdeen.
