Understanding Your HearMetrics Results

Start with the labels

Scene SNR

The modeled difference between target speech and background noise in the chosen scene.

Device benefit

An assumed improvement used to explore a technology configuration. It is not a personal measured outcome.

Hearing-profile and other adjustments

Model assumptions that change the estimate. They are not measurements of your auditory processing.

Speech-understanding percentage

An approximate output of a model curve. It is not your clinical test score or a guarantee of words understood.

HearMetrics synthesizes published information and uses educational modeling; it does not conduct its own device lab testing. Methodology · Performance evidence and assumptions.

A worked example: change one setting

Begin with a scene SNR of 0 dB. For this arithmetic example only, leave all other adjustments at zero. Add the site’s Phonak Audéo Sphere Infinio model benefit of 4.5 dB: the resulting modeled SNR is +4.5 dB. This illustrates addition within the model; it is not a measured clinical result.

Evidence label: Modeled. Source: HearMetrics model assumption, documented October 31, 2026. Exact technology tier and fitting are not specified in the imported model. Baseline: the same modeled scene with no device benefit. Conditions: fixed example inputs, not a physical test. No underlying study publication date has been established for this exact value.

Next, change only distance, coupling, or remote-mic selection and watch the estimate change. Record which setting changed. Comparing several settings at once makes it hard to tell what caused the difference.

Use the audio demonstration responsibly

The audio illustrates processing differences using the chosen scene and model. Your headphones, speaker, playback level, hearing, and device fitting affect what you hear. It is not a recording of that exact hearing aid fitted to your ears.

Keep playback comfortable. A clearer demo is a prompt to ask questions and try a real configuration; it does not establish which product will work best for you.

Turn the estimate into a real-world plan

1. Write down your hardest listening situation and the settings you explored.
2. Ask your provider whether the modeled technology and accessory are suitable for your hearing and exact devices.
3. Compare real devices using the same situations and the trial-period scorecard.
4. Bring your notes to a follow-up. Ask about real-ear verification and aided speech-in-noise testing.

Do not add published benefits from unrelated studies as if they were independent, guaranteed gains. Test baselines, device modes, and acoustic conditions can differ.