Description

The Starkey Omega AI 24 RIC 312 marks a definitive leap in the evolution of hearing technology, specifically tailored for users in Bangladesh who seek the highest tier of auditory performance in a traditional battery-powered form factor. Powered by the groundbreaking G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor, this device represents Starkey’s most sophisticated internal architecture to date. The processor is designed to replicate the neural processing of the human brain, providing a level of speed and precision that virtually eliminates the “artificial” sound common in older generations of hearing aids. With 24 dedicated channels and 24 frequency bands, the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 offers a high-resolution auditory experience that bridges the gap between biological hearing and artificial intelligence, ensuring every nuance of sound—from subtle environmental cues to complex speech patterns—is rendered with breathtaking clarity.

Central to the performance of this flagship model is the world’s first Deep Neural Network (DNN) powered directionality system, known as DNN 360. This technology has been trained on a staggering 22 million sound samples, allowing it to intuitively understand the difference between meaningful speech and distracting background noise in real-time. Unlike standard hearing aids that merely amplify everything, the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 actively manages the soundscape, providing a 28% improvement in spatial awareness and an 8 dB enhancement in speech intelligibility. This means that in the complex acoustic environments of Dhaka, such as busy corporate offices or vibrant social events, the wearer can navigate their surroundings with renewed confidence, knowing that their hearing aids are automatically adapting to prioritize human connection over environmental clutter.

The RIC 312 model is particularly suited for individuals who prefer the reliability and small size of a traditional disposable battery (Size 312) while demanding the full feature set of a premium AI device. Despite its minimalist and discreet design, it is engineered for maximum durability and comfort, featuring the enhanced Pro10 HydraShield protection that makes it highly resistant to the humidity and heat of Bangladesh. As a wireless-ready device, it offers seamless connectivity via the Bluetooth LE protocol and AURACAST™ technology, allowing users to stream audio directly from their favorite devices. Combined with the comprehensive health and safety monitoring capabilities of the MyStarkey app, the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 is more than a hearing aid; it is a holistic wellness platform that empowers users to live more engaged, safer, and connected lives, all supported by a prestigious 3-year worldwide warranty.

More about Features

✔ 24 Channels & 24 Bands powered by G3 Gen Al Neuro Processor – This ultra-high-definition architecture allows the G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor to segment the acoustic spectrum into 24 precise bands. This granularity ensures that the hearing care professional can fine-tune the device to match the user’s specific hearing loss profile with surgical precision, delivering unparalleled clarity in both quiet and noisy settings.

✔ Bluetooth® LE Protocol with AURACAST™ – Future-proof connectivity is a hallmark of the Omega AI series. The Bluetooth Low Energy protocol ensures stable, high-fidelity streaming with minimal battery drain. Auracast™ allows the user to join public audio broadcasts at airports, theaters, or gyms, streaming the primary audio source directly to their ears for an immersive, private listening experience.

✔ Binaural Processing with DNN enhanced noise management – When worn as a pair, the hearing aids communicate wirelessly to synchronize their noise reduction strategies. The Deep Neural Network (DNN) analyzes the environment across both devices to maintain the natural balance of sound, identifying and suppressing unwanted noise while preserving the spatial cues necessary for locating where a sound is coming from.

✔ DNN 360 (Directionality & Spatial Awareness) – This world-first technology utilizes the onboard DNN to provide true 360-degree spatial awareness. It intuitively detects characteristics such as speech, background noise, and motion, adjusting its directional microphone patterns to ensure the wearer is always focused on the most important sound source without losing touch with their wider environment.

✔ Motion Based Optimization – Using integrated inertial sensors, the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 detects when the wearer is in motion. It automatically broadens the microphone field during activities like walking or running, ensuring the user remains aware of their surroundings, such as approaching traffic or someone speaking from the side, which is vital for safety in urban areas.

✔ Premium Edge Mode+ – An on-demand AI feature that provides an immediate “boost” for speech clarity. With a simple tap or app command, Edge Mode+ performs an instant analysis of the current acoustic environment and creates a customized adjustment specifically optimized for that exact moment, perfect for transitioning from a quiet car to a loud marketplace.

✔ Premium Consonant Brightness – Specifically engineered to enhance the clarity of high-frequency speech sounds (consonants). This is crucial for word recognition and overall speech intelligibility, reducing the cognitive effort required to follow conversations and preventing “hearing fatigue” during long social or professional interactions.

✔ Premium Machine Noise Reduction – Delivers up to 22 dB of reduction for constant environmental noises like air conditioners, computer fans, and engines. This ensures maximum listening comfort in office buildings or vehicles, allowing the wearer to focus on conversations or their work without being distracted by repetitive background hums.

✔ Premium Speech in Noise Reduction – Provides up to 22 dB of noise reduction to isolate and highlight speech in complex environments. This feature enables wearers to engage easily in busy restaurants or family gatherings, offering a significant improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio so that speech remains the primary focus.

✔ Premium Transient Noise Reduction – Instantly softens sudden, loud impact sounds like clattering dishes, slamming doors, or horns. It provides up to 15 dB of reduction, ensuring that these sharp sounds are never jarring or uncomfortable, protecting the wearer’s hearing comfort during unexpected loud events.

✔ Premium Wind Reduction – Highly suppresses the annoying turbulence caused by wind hitting the microphones. Offering up to 35 dB of reduction, it ensures that speech remains clear and audible even during outdoor activities like riding in a rickshaw or walking along the windy coast.

✔ Quiet: Maximum expansion – Virtually eliminates the low-level circuit noise or microphone “hiss” that can be audible in very quiet rooms. This ensures absolute acoustic transparency during quiet moments, such as reading a book at home or during solitary meditation, providing a completely natural auditory floor.

✔ Music Enhancement – Music requires different processing than speech to preserve its emotional depth and range. The Omega AI 24 includes a dedicated music algorithm that respects the dynamic peaks and valleys of musical signals, ensuring a rich, distortion-free experience whether you are listening to classical music or local folk songs.

✔ Programmable setting for optimized streaming sound quality – Allows the professional to customize how streamed audio sounds. This means your phone calls, podcasts, and video media will be perfectly tuned to your personal hearing preferences, providing an optimized digital audio experience.

✔ TeleHear full remote fit – Enables the hearing care professional to perform adjustments and fine-tuning remotely via the MyStarkey app. This provides the convenience of professional care from the comfort of your home, reducing the need for frequent clinical visits while maintaining optimal device performance.

✔ Pro10 HydraShield Protection – This advanced nano-coating technology repels water, sweat, and wax. It provides an industry-leading level of durability, ensuring that the device remains reliable even in the humid and tropical climate of Bangladesh, effectively protecting the sensitive internal electronics.

✔ AURACAST Assistant – A built-in tool in the app that helps users find and connect to public Auracast broadcasts. This feature simplifies the process of joining shared audio experiences in public venues, ensuring the wearer can effortlessly access high-quality sound in communal spaces.

✔ Google Fast Pair™ – Specifically designed for Android users, this feature allows for near-instant pairing of the hearing aids with a smartphone. As soon as the device is in range, the phone will detect it and offer a one-tap connection, making the setup process incredibly simple and user-friendly.

✔ Compatible with MyStarkey App (Gen AI Assistant, TeleHear AI, Voice AI, etc.) – The MyStarkey app is the digital heart of the hearing experience. It includes the Gen AI Smart Assistant for voice-activated help, TeleHear AI for instant self-adjustments, and Voice AI for enhanced phone call clarity, providing the user with ultimate control and flexibility.

✔ Health & Safety Technology (Fall Alert, Balance, Respiratory Rate) – The integrated sensors transform these hearing aids into a health monitor. They can detect a fall and notify emergency contacts, assess balance to help prevent falls, and monitor respiratory rate at rest, providing vital data for a proactive approach to overall wellness.

✔ Compatible with Starkey Edge wireless accessories – Seamlessly integrates with the StarLink Edge accessory range, including Table Microphones for large meetings and TV Streamers, ensuring the user can hear their best in every possible scenario.

✔ Demo Stream – Allows prospective users to experience the sound quality of the Omega AI technology firsthand via a streamed demonstration, helping them understand the benefits of the G3 Neuro Processor before committing to a purchase.

✔ 2.4 GHz CROS/BICROS option – Provides a wireless solution for individuals with unaidable hearing loss in one ear. It transmits sound from a microphone on the poor-hearing side to the better-hearing ear, ensuring a more balanced and complete auditory awareness.

✔ Feedback Cancellation – Starkey’s industry-leading system proactively identifies and eliminates the whistling or squealing sounds often associated with feedback, ensuring stable, high-gain amplification even during phone calls or when wearing a hat.

✔ Frequency Lowering – Shifts high-frequency speech cues into a lower, more audible frequency range. This ensures that wearers who have severe high-frequency hearing loss can still hear important speech sounds like “s” and “f,” which are vital for understanding spoken language.

✔ Multiflex Tinnitus Pro – A highly customizable sound therapy feature that provides relief for those suffering from ringing in the ears. It uses personalized sound stimuli to mask tinnitus, helping the brain habituate to the phantom noise and providing significant daily relief.

✔ REM Target Match – Facilitates Real Ear Measurement (REM) within the fitting software, ensuring that the device’s output perfectly matches the prescribed hearing targets for the individual’s unique ear canal and hearing loss profile for the best possible results.

✔ Tonal and Voice indicators – Provides clear auditory notifications in the form of tones or speech for events like program changes, volume adjustments, and low battery alerts, allowing the user to understand the device’s status without looking at a screen.

✔ Tap Control – Allows the user to perform specific actions, like starting or stopping audio streaming or engaging Edge Mode+, with a simple double-tap on the ear, providing a discreet and convenient way to interact with the technology.

✔ Up to 4 professional programs – The hearing care professional can create and store up to 4 customized acoustical settings for different environments (e.g., Home, Work, Outdoors), which the user can easily switch between as their day progresses.

✔ Auto Sleep – Automatically puts the hearing aid into a low-power mode when it is stationary and not in use, helping to conserve the life of the Size 312 battery so you get the most out of every cell.

✔ Bimodal Streaming with DualSync ++ – Designed for users wearing a hearing aid and a compatible cochlear implant. It synchronizes the audio streaming and controls across both devices, providing a unified and balanced hearing experience for bimodal users.

Performance in Different Environments

The Starkey Omega AI 24 RIC 312 is engineered to master the unique and often challenging acoustic environments of Bangladesh, ensuring that users can engage with life with absolute clarity.

Quiet and Serene Moments
In the quietude of a home in Banani during early morning prayers or while enjoying an intimate conversation in a library, the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 provides exceptional transparency. The “Quiet: Maximum Expansion” feature virtually eliminates internal microphone noise, ensuring that the softest whispers and subtle environmental cues are heard with pristine clarity, free from any distracting background hiss.

Vibrant Social Gatherings and Dining
Dhaka is a city of vibrant social interaction, and the Omega AI 24 is built for it. In a crowded restaurant in Gulshan or a large family wedding, the DNN 360 directionality and 24-channel noise reduction work in concert to isolate speech from the surrounding clamor. The 8 dB SNR improvement ensures that you can focus on the person across from you with 50% less effort, allowing you to remain fully engaged throughout the event.

Urban Commuting and Outdoor Activity
Navigating the streets of Dhaka presents unique challenges, from the high wind on a rickshaw to the sudden honking of traffic. Premium Wind Reduction and Transient Noise Reduction automatically identify and suppress these harsh environmental sounds, maintaining a comfortable listening experience while ensuring that important safety cues remain audible and clear.

Professional and Corporate Success
In high-stakes boardroom meetings in Motijheel or during international video conferences, clarity is non-negotiable. The Omega AI 24 optimizes its streaming quality and utilizes Edge Mode+ to ensure every word is captured accurately. The TeleHear remote fit capabilities also mean that a professional can adjust your settings for your specific office environment remotely, ensuring you always perform at your peak.

Suitable for

The Starkey Omega AI 24 RIC 312 is a versatile, high-performance solution that caters to a wide spectrum of users in Bangladesh who demand the very best in both hearing and health technology.

Individuals with Mild to Profound Hearing Loss
With a broad fitting range of 0-110 dB and a sophisticated 24-channel architecture, this model provides enough power and resolution to address nearly any degree of hearing loss, from the earliest stages of decline to severe auditory challenges.

Traditionalists Who Prefer Disposable Batteries
This model is perfect for those who prefer the reliability of a Size 312 disposable battery over rechargeable options, offering the same flagship AI features without the need for a daily charging routine.

Tech-Savvy Professionals and Executives
For those who rely on seamless connectivity with their smartphones, laptops, and public audio systems, the Auracast-ready Bluetooth LE protocol and MyStarkey app features provide a level of integration that is unmatched in the industry.

Active Seniors and Health-Conscious Users
The integrated health tracking—including fall alerts, balance assessments, and respiratory rate monitoring—makes this device a vital tool for seniors living independently or anyone interested in proactively monitoring their physical health alongside their hearing.

Availability

The Starkey Omega AI 24 RIC 312 is a professional-grade medical device that requires an expert diagnostic assessment and custom fitting for optimal performance. It is officially available through the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC) in Bangladesh. NHCC is the premier provider of Starkey’s latest AI technology, staffed by highly trained specialists dedicated to improving lives through better hearing. They are located at No. 19, Green Road, 6th Floor, A.K. Complex, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. For more information, visit their website here: National Hearing Care Centre. To view their location on Google Maps, click here: NHCC Google Maps.

Book Your Hearing Consultation
Better hearing begins with a comprehensive evaluation. The specialists at NHCC will perform a detailed hearing test and demonstrate the Omega AI 24 technology tailored to your unique needs. To book an appointment or inquire about current promotional pricing, contact the NHCC team via WhatsApp at 01712522784.

Maintenance of Omega AI 24 RIC 312

Daily care and regular maintenance are essential to ensuring that your investment in premium hearing technology continues to perform at its peak for many years.

Daily Cleaning and Shell Care
After a full day of wear, wipe the exterior of the hearing aid shell and the receiver dome with a soft, dry cloth to remove any accumulated moisture, sweat, or oils. Use the provided cleaning brush to gently clear any debris from the microphone ports. Avoid using water or detergents as these can damage the internal components.

Battery Replacement and Storage
The Omega AI 24 RIC 312 uses a Size 312 Zinc-Air battery. Always keep a fresh supply of batteries on hand. When the hearing aid gives a low-battery signal, replace the cell immediately. At night, open the battery door to power down the device and allow any internal moisture to evaporate.

Wax Guard Replacement
The receiver is protected by a specialized wax guard (HearClear). Inspect this weekly; if you notice a decrease in sound volume or clarity, the wax guard may be clogged. Replace it using the provided tool to ensure that sound continues to flow freely into your ear canal.

Moisture and Humidity Management
While the Omega AI 24 features Pro10 HydraShield protection, the high humidity in Bangladesh still poses a risk. It is highly recommended to use a hearing aid dehumidifier or a dedicated drying kit overnight, especially during the monsoon season, to remove any deep-seated moisture from the internal components.

Conclusion

The Starkey Omega AI 24 RIC 312 is more than just a hearing aid; it is a life-changing advancement in human-centered technology. By combining the processing power of the G3 Gen AI Neuro Processor with the intuitive intelligence of a Deep Neural Network, it delivers a hearing experience that is profoundly natural, comfortable, and clear. With its robust 24-channel architecture, enhanced spatial awareness, and comprehensive health monitoring, it empowers individuals in Bangladesh to not only hear better but to live healthier, safer, and more connected lives. Supported by a 3-year worldwide warranty and the professional expertise of the National Hearing Care Centre, the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 is the definitive investment for those who refuse to compromise on their auditory health and overall quality of life.

FAQs about Omega AI 24 RIC 312

Q. Is the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 rechargeable?
No, the RIC 312 model uses a standard Size 312 disposable Zinc-Air battery. For a rechargeable option, you may consider the RIC RT model.

Q. How many channels does the level 24 model have?
The flagship Omega AI 24 features 24 processing channels and 24 frequency bands for high-definition sound resolution.

Q. What is the price of the Omega AI 24 RIC 312 in Bangladesh?
The official price is ৳ 5,50,000 per unit at the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC).

Q. Does it work with Android and iPhone?
Yes, it uses the Bluetooth LE protocol and Google Fast Pair, making it compatible with modern iOS and Android devices for direct streaming.

Q. Can it detect if I fall?
Yes, it features an industry-exclusive Fall Alert system that can notify emergency contacts if it detects a fall using its onboard sensors.

Q. What is the warranty period?
All Omega AI products come with a comprehensive 3-year worldwide warranty covering manufacturing defects.

Q. What is “DNN 360”?
It is the world’s first Deep Neural Network-powered directionality system, providing 360-degree spatial awareness and improved speech clarity in noisy environments.

Q. Does it help with ringing in the ears (tinnitus)?
Yes, it includes Multiflex Tinnitus Pro technology to provide personalized sound therapy for relief from tinnitus symptoms.

Q. Where can I get a professional fitting in Dhaka?
You can visit the National Hearing Care Centre (NHCC) in Dhanmondi, Dhaka for a professional diagnostic and custom fitting session.

Q. What is Auracast?
Auracast is a new Bluetooth technology that allows you to join high-quality audio broadcasts in public venues like airports, theaters, or lecture halls.

Q. Does it monitor health stats like heart rate?
While it does not monitor heart rate, it can track physical activity, balance, and even your respiratory rate using integrated sensors.

Q. Is the RIC 312 model waterproof?
It features Pro10 HydraShield protection which is highly water-resistant, though the “waterproof up to 1 meter” claim specifically applies to rechargeable styles.