By Kate McNamara | Reviewed by Dr. Emily Russell, Au.D.

Developed by former Siemens engineers

Ask anyone who wears hearing aids what still frustrates them, and you'll hear the same answer every time: they work okay when things are quiet. But the moment you're at a restaurant, a family dinner, or catching up with friends, you're right back to nodding along and hoping no one notices.

Because here's the thing: most people don't get their first hearing aid because they're only worried about dementia and depression that comes with untreated hearing loss.

They get one because they want to hear crystal clear again. They want to stop asking their spouse to repeat themselves. They want to follow the conversation at the dinner table, at church, at work: without exhausting themselves trying to fill in the gaps.

That's the one thing hearing aids have never been able to fully deliver. Until now.

In standardized speech-in-noise tests, hearing researchers including famous Danish scientists Jensen, evaluated today's top devices. Background noise was cranked up until participants could only catch every other word.

The question: which device was best at closing that gap?

One device didn't just win: it doubled the score of the runner-up. At roughly the same price.

Hearing aids have been small and discreet for years. But truly powerful when it counts — at a lively dinner table, in a noisy restaurant, at a grandkid's birthday party — only since the new Horizon IX.

Yes! And it's usually one of the very first things new wearers notice. No more cranking the volume up so loud it bothers everyone else in the room. No more missing punchlines or asking what just happened in the last scene. Whether it's Jeopardy!, the evening news or a great movie. You can finally just sit back and enjoy every word.

What exactly does Horizon IX have to offer?

More than you think!