SoundSmoothing

		SoundSmoothing provides the wearer world-class comfort by targeting and suppressing impulsive, non-speech sounds that traditional noise reduction and speech enhancement systems cannot effectively process. SoundSmoothing in CENTRA suppresses annoying sounds like rustling paper, clanging dishes, breaking glass, or even high heels click-clacking on a hard floor, while leaving speech signals intact.
		By reducing the annoyance that impulsive non-speech sounds cause, SoundSmoothing also minimizes wearer fatigue and can increase wearing time. In fact, research shows in these types of noisy situations, most hearing instrument wearers prefer SoundSmoothing.

Users prefer SoundSmoothing activated in most situations! For "party noise" and "speech signals" the participants favoured the two different settings equally. This was the expected finding, as these signals are not affected by SoundSmoothing.

Coupled with the other components of CENTRA's state-of-the-art speech and noise management system (noise reduction, speech enhancement), SoundSmoothing helps deliver unmatched sound-processing for the purest sound possible from a hearing instrument.