Description

The Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 represents a sophisticated blend of artificial intelligence auditory processing and classic battery reliability, offering patients across Bangladesh a premier solution for hearing loss rehabilitation. Designed in a sleek, lightweight Receiver-In-Canal (RIC) form factor powered by a standard size 312 zinc-air disposable battery, this model is built around Starkey’s revolutionary G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor. Engineered to mimic the complex neural architecture and sound processing speed of the human brain’s auditory cortex, the G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor executes up to 80 million automated acoustic adjustments every hour. Featuring 16 digital signal processing channels and 16 independent frequency bands, the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 delivers incredible sound clarity, precise frequency shaping, and smooth gain control tailored specifically to mild, moderate, severe, and precipitous hearing loss profiles.

At the heart of the acoustic management engine in the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 is Binaural Processing paired with Deep Neural Network (DNN) enhanced noise management. By establishing a continuous high-speed wireless stream between binaural instruments, the device maintains natural interaural level and timing differences, restoring true spatial awareness and localization. In demanding real-world environments throughout Bangladesh—such as crowded family gatherings, noisy restaurants in Dhanmondi or Gulshan, traffic-heavy street crossings, and corporate office spaces—the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 actively analyzes environmental acoustics. Working in harmony with Select Edge Mode+, Select Machine Noise Reduction (providing up to 7 dB of steady-state noise attenuation), and Select Speech in Noise Reduction (delivering up to 8 dB of competing background speech suppression), the hearing aid optimizes speech perception while drastically reducing listening effort and fatigue.

In addition to its advanced artificial intelligence audio processing, the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 offers exceptional physical ergonomics, modern connectivity, and long-lasting daily convenience. Operating on widely available size 312 zinc-air batteries, it provides reliable multi-day performance without needing daily wall charging, making it an ideal choice for users who travel frequently or prefer traditional battery replacements. The casing is shielded by Pro10 HydraShield hydrophobic nano-coating, certified IP68 for water, sweat, and dust resistance. Equipped with next-generation Bluetooth Low Energy Audio featuring Auracast™ broadcast capabilities, seamless integration with the MyStarkey app, integrated health tracking sensors, Fall Alert safety features, and a comprehensive 3-year worldwide warranty, the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 is officially available through the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC) in Dhaka.

More about Features

✔ 16 Channels & 16 Bands powered by G3 Gen Al Neuro Processor – The 16-channel and 16-band digital architecture driven by the G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor divides the audible sound spectrum into 16 discrete frequency bands. This enables audiologists at NHCC to program and fine-tune amplification curves to match the wearer’s unique audiometric profile with pinpoint precision. The G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor continuously monitors incoming sound, executing automatic adjustments that preserve speech details while controlling excessive volume.

✔ Bluetooth® LE Protocol with AURACAST™ – Built on modern Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio protocols, the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 provides direct, energy-efficient audio streaming from compatible iOS and Android smartphones, tablets, and computers. The integration of Auracast™ broadcast audio technology allows wearers to tap directly into public broadcast audio feeds at airports, conference centers, theaters, and places of worship with pristine clarity and ultra-low audio latency.

✔ Binaural Processing with DNN enhanced noise management – When worn as a binaural pair, both hearing aids establish a high-speed wireless link to exchange acoustic information across ears in real time. The onboard Deep Neural Network (DNN) leverages advanced machine learning models trained on millions of diverse sound patterns to preserve natural spatial cues and apply localized noise reduction across both ears simultaneously.

✔ Select Edge Mode+ – An intelligent acoustic feature that conducts real-time environmental sound analysis on demand. When users find themselves in challenging acoustic environments, activating Select Edge Mode+ via a quick tap gesture or app command prompts the AI processor to evaluate immediate acoustic conditions and apply targeted noise reduction and speech enhancement adjustments instantly.

✔ Select Consonant Brightness – Specifically engineered to enhance high-frequency speech clarity by boosting subtle consonant sounds like ‘s’, ‘f’, ‘t’, ‘k’, and ‘sh’. By sharpening high-frequency speech cues without introducing acoustic harshness, it improves word recognition and speech comprehension during conversations.

✔ Select Machine Noise Reduction – Provides up to 7 dB of active noise attenuation targeted directly at low-frequency steady-state mechanical noises, such as air conditioner compressors, ceiling fan hums, generator drones, and vehicle engines. This maintains listening comfort in home, office, and urban commuting settings across Bangladesh.

✔ Select Speech in Noise Reduction – Delivers up to 8 dB of targeted background noise suppression designed to attenuate competing background speech and ambient chatter. By isolating primary conversational voices, it makes understanding speech in restaurants, family gatherings, and public spaces significantly easier.

✔ Select Transient Noise Reduction – Instantly detects and softens sudden, loud impulse noises—such as clattering cutlery, slamming doors, or rattling keys—by up to 6 dB. This prevents sharp acoustic discomfort while maintaining smooth, natural sound quality.

✔ Select Wind Reduction – Provides up to 8 dB of targeted wind noise suppression over the microphone ports. This ensures clear phone calls, undisturbed speech understanding, and comfortable listening during outdoor walks, rickshaw rides, or open-air activities.

✔ Quiet: Mild expansion – Applies mild expansion algorithms to soft ambient sounds in quiet environments. This eliminates internal microphone circuit hiss and subtle ambient noise, ensuring a clean, natural background during quiet reading, resting, or one-on-one quiet discussions.

✔ Music Enhancement – Features specialized sound processing parameters tailored specifically for music reproduction. By expanding dynamic range and preserving natural harmonic overtones, it allows wearers to enjoy live and recorded music with rich fidelity and zero acoustic distortion.

✔ Programmable setting for optimized streaming sound quality – Dedicated audio equalizer controls designed specifically for wireless media streaming. This allows users to customize bass, midrange, and treble frequency responses for phone calls, streaming music, podcasts, and video audio.

✔ TeleHear full remote fit – Enables telehealth fitting sessions directly with audiologists at NHCC. Through the MyStarkey app, hearing care professionals can perform real-time diagnostic checks and make precise remote adjustments to your hearing aid settings without requiring an in-person clinic visit.

✔ Pro10 HydraShield Protection** – Advanced hydrophobic nano-coating covers both internal micro-circuitry and external housing. Certified IP68 waterproof up to 1 meter depth, it shields the instrument against water immersion, sweat, high tropical humidity, earwax, and environmental dust.

✔ AURACAST Assistant – Embedded within the MyStarkey app, the Auracast Assistant scans for available public audio streams nearby, allowing users to discover, select, and connect to venue audio broadcasts with a single tap.

✔ Google Fast Pair™ – Enables instant Bluetooth discovery and pairing for Android device users. Nearby Omega AI hearing aids are detected automatically by the smartphone, offering a seamless one-tap connection process.

✔ Compatible with MyStarkey App – Connects wirelessly to the MyStarkey smartphone app, giving wearers comprehensive control over volume, custom memory programs, direct adjustments, and smart utility features.

 – Smart Assistant – Allows users to use hands-free voice commands to change hearing aid programs, adjust volume levels, inquire about battery status, or ask everyday queries.

 – Find My Hearing Aids – Uses GPS location mapping and signal strength meters in the app to help wearers locate misplaced or lost hearing aids quickly.

✔ Health & Safety Technology – Integrated motion sensors transform the hearing aid into a personal health and safety monitoring system.

 – Hearing Health & Activity Tracking – Tracks daily physical steps, movement, social engagement hours, and overall hearing health goals to promote an active lifestyle.

 – Fall Alert – Uses onboard 3D sensors to detect accidental falls and automatically send emergency text notifications with location details to designated family contacts.

 – Balance Assessment – Measures postural stability and balance performance using internal motion sensors, helping users assess and track their balance health over time.

 – Balance Builder – Provides guided balance exercises within the MyStarkey app to help wearers proactively improve physical stability and reduce fall risks.

 – Respiratory Rate – Automatically monitors resting respiratory rate in breaths per minute, offering valuable vital sign insights within the app.

 – Reminders & Self Check – Delivers audible voice reminders for medication times or appointments, and runs self-diagnostic checks on internal microphones and receivers.

 – Caregiver app compatibility – Allows family members or caregivers to monitor activity levels, health tracking metrics, and safety alerts remotely for added peace of mind.

✔ Compatible with Starkey Edge wireless accessories – Links seamlessly with StarLink Edge accessories, including Table Microphones, Edge TV Streamers, Remote Microphones, and Remote Controls.

✔ Demo Stream – Allows prospective users to sample high-definition wireless audio streaming during clinical trial appointments at NHCC prior to completing their purchase.

✔ 2.4 GHz CROS/BICROS option*** – A specialized wireless solution for single-sided deafness, transmitting audio from an unaidable ear to a receiving Omega AI hearing aid on the better-hearing ear.

✔ Feedback Cancellation – Active phase-inversion feedback elimination technology prevents annoying whistling or squealing sounds when wearing hats, hugging, or placing a phone to the ear.

✔ Frequency Lowering – Shifts high-frequency speech sounds that fall outside the wearer’s audible range into lower, audible frequency regions, restoring perception of high-pitched voices and environmental sounds.

✔ Multiflex Tinnitus – Integrates customizable sound generator therapy—including broadband white noise, pink noise, and ocean wave sounds—to provide soothing relief from tinnitus ringing.

✔ REM Target Match – Integrates directly with Real Ear Measurement (REM) diagnostic equipment during clinical fitting at NHCC, ensuring acoustic output matches target prescription curves precisely inside the ear canal.

✔ Tonal and Voice indicators – Provides clear spoken voice prompts or musical chimes to inform the user of program switches, volume adjustments, battery levels, and Bluetooth connection status.

✔ Tap Control – On-device gesture control allows wearers to double-tap their ear or hearing aid body to start or pause audio streaming, answer calls, or activate Select Edge Mode+ hands-free.

✔ Up to 4 professional programs – Allows audiologists to program up to 4 customized memory settings (e.g., Home, Restaurant, Outdoor, Traffic) tailored to specific daily environments.

✔ Auto Sleep – Intelligent power management puts the hearing aid into low-power sleep mode when placed motionless on a flat surface, conserving battery energy automatically.

✔ Bimodal Streaming with DualSync ++ – Coordinates synchronized audio streaming and volume control for users wearing a Starkey hearing aid in one ear and a compatible MED-EL cochlear implant in the other.

Performance in Different Environments

The Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 is specifically designed to deliver consistent acoustic comfort and speech understanding across the dynamic lifestyle environments of Bangladesh.

Quiet and Serene Moments
During quiet mornings at home, reading, resting, or daily prayers, the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 delivers natural, pristine acoustic clarity. Quiet: Mild Expansion suppresses internal microphone noise and subtle circuit hiss, making soft speech sounds and gentle environmental details comfortable to hear.

Vibrant Social Gatherings and Dining
Attending family dinners or dining at bustling restaurants in Dhanmondi, Gulshan, or Uttara involves complex acoustic environments. Select Speech in Noise Reduction (up to 8 dB suppression) works alongside Binaural Processing and DNN noise management to isolate human speech from ambient room noise, enabling effortless conversation.

Urban Commuting and Outdoor Activity
Navigating the lively outdoor streets of Dhaka exposes wearers to traffic drones, vehicle horns, and gusting wind. Select Wind Reduction (up to 8 dB) and Select Transient Noise Reduction (up to 6 dB) soften harsh acoustic spikes, while Select Machine Noise Reduction suppresses engine hums during rickshaw rides and commutes.

Professional and Corporate Success
In corporate office spaces and meeting rooms, crisp speech understanding is essential for productivity. Select Machine Noise Reduction filters air conditioner fan hums and computer noise by up to 7 dB, while direct Bluetooth LE streaming delivers clear phone calls and video meetings straight to your hearing aids.

Suitable for

The Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 is a versatile, high-value hearing solution suitable for a wide range of wearers in Bangladesh seeking reliable AI technology and standard battery operation.

Individuals with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss
Featuring a broad fitting range of 0-110 dB and 16 programmable channels, this model effectively addresses mild, moderate, severe, and precipitous hearing loss configurations with clinical precision.

Users Preferring Standard Zinc-Air Battery Operation
Ideal for wearers who prefer standard size 312 zinc-air disposable batteries, offering simple battery swaps without needing daily access to electrical charging stations.

Active Professionals and Modern Technophiles
Perfect for individuals who desire wireless Bluetooth audio streaming, Google Fast Pair for Android devices, Auracast™ venue connectivity, and full app control.

Seniors and Health-Conscious Individuals
Equipped with Fall Alert, balance assessment tools, activity tracking, and caregiver app sharing, it offers comprehensive health and safety peace of mind for seniors and their families.

Availability

The Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 is officially available in Bangladesh through the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC). As an authorized center for Starkey AI hearing technology in Bangladesh, NHCC provides professional diagnostic hearing evaluations, clinical fitting services, Real Ear Measurement (REM) verification, and dedicated aftercare support. The clinic is conveniently located at No. 19, Green Road, 6th Floor, A.K. Complex, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. To explore products and clinical services online, visit their official website at National Hearing Care Centre. You can also find their clinic location on NHCC Google Maps.

Book Your Hearing Consultation
Schedule a professional hearing evaluation and live demonstration of the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 with audiologists at NHCC. To book an appointment or inquire about pricing and special offers, contact NHCC via WhatsApp at 01712522784.

Maintenance of Omega AI 16 RIC 312

Proper routine care and daily maintenance ensure that your Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 maintains optimal acoustic performance, battery efficiency, and long-term durability.

Daily Cleaning and Shell Care
Wipe the exterior housing, receiver cable, and silicone ear dome daily with a soft, dry cloth to remove accumulated earwax, skin oils, and dust. Use the provided cleaning brush to clear microphone ports. Never clean hearing aids with water, alcohol, or liquid solvents.

Battery Replacement and Compartment Maintenance
Replace the size 312 zinc-air battery when you hear the low-battery voice indicator. Always remove the tab from a fresh battery and wait two minutes before inserting it into the battery door. Keep the battery door open at night to allow moisture to evaporate from the battery compartment.

Wax Guard Replacement
Inspect the HearClear wax guard on the receiver dome weekly. If sound becomes weak, muffled, or distorted, replace the wax guard using the supplied application tool to prevent earwax from blocking sound delivery into the ear canal.

Moisture and Humidity Management
Although the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 features Pro10 HydraShield hydrophobic nano-coating (IP68 rated), proper moisture management prolongs component life in Bangladesh’s humid tropical climate. Store hearing aids in a drying beaker or dehumidifier when not in use.

Conclusion

The Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 is a sophisticated digital hearing aid that combines artificial intelligence audio processing with the proven reliability of standard size 312 zinc-air disposable batteries at an attractive price of ৳ 2,40,000 in Bangladesh. Powered by the G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor with 16 channels and 16 bands, it offers crisp speech clarity, DNN enhanced noise reduction, and Select Edge Mode+ performance tailored for dynamic daily environments. Complete with integrated health tracking, Fall Alert, Bluetooth LE streaming with Auracast™, a 3-year worldwide warranty, and expert clinical service from the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC) in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 is an outstanding choice for long-term hearing wellness.

FAQs about Omega AI 16 RIC 312

Q. What is the official price of the Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 in Bangladesh?
The official price of the Starkey Omega AI 16 RIC 312 in Bangladesh is ৳ 2,40,000 per unit at the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC).

Q. What type of battery does the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 use?
It uses a standard size 312 zinc-air disposable battery, providing several days of reliable power before needing a battery change.

Q. How many channels and bands are included in the Omega AI 16 RIC 312?
The Omega AI 16 technology tier features 16 digital processing channels and 16 independent frequency bands powered by the G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor.

Q. What are the advantages of choosing a RIC 312 style hearing aid?
The RIC 312 style offers a compact, discreet design behind the ear with instant battery replacement, ideal for users who prefer disposable batteries over charging docks.

Q. Is the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 water-resistant?
Yes, it features Pro10 HydraShield hydrophobic nano-coating with an IP68 rating, protecting it against water immersion up to 1 meter depth, sweat, and humidity.

Q. Can I stream phone calls and audio directly from my phone?
Yes, it supports direct Bluetooth LE audio streaming for compatible iOS and Android smartphones, as well as Auracast™ broadcast audio streams.

Q. What does Select Edge Mode+ do?
Select Edge Mode+ uses artificial intelligence to perform instant environmental acoustic analysis on demand, optimizing speech clarity and comfort in challenging soundscapes.

Q. Does the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 offer health tracking and Fall Alert?
Yes, built-in motion sensors track daily physical activity, evaluate balance, monitor resting respiration rates, and send automatic Fall Alert notifications to emergency contacts.

Q. What warranty comes with the Omega AI 16 RIC 312?
It includes a comprehensive 3-year worldwide warranty covering manufacturing defects and official servicing.

Q. Can audiologists adjust this hearing aid remotely in Bangladesh?
Yes, through TeleHear full remote fitting in the MyStarkey app, audiologists at NHCC can perform diagnostic checks and fine-tune settings remotely.

Q. Is CROS/BICROS supported by the RIC 312 model?
Yes, the 2.4 GHz CROS/BICROS option is available for the RIC 312 model, providing a wireless solution for single-sided hearing loss.

Q. Where can I test and purchase the Omega AI 16 RIC 312 in Dhaka?
You can visit the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC) located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka for professional audiometric testing, live demonstrations, and clinical fitting.