Nucleus® Nexa™ sound processors
Introduce your patients to the world's smallest and lightest sound processors.1,**
The world’s smallest sound processors
The Nucleus® Nexa™ System features the world's smallest sound processors with a behind-the-ear and off-the-ear option. Help your patients choose the device that best suits their needs without compromising on size or features.
Your existing patients can also enjoy the benefits of the world’s smallest sound processors in our Nucleus sound processors portfolio.
Nucleus 8 Nexa Sound Processor
Help your patients engage with life and experience the comfort of the world’s smallest and lightest behind-the-ear sound processor.1 Featuring smarter hearing technology, it’s designed to make hearing easier for your patients.
Features
Exciting new features
Dynamic power management
Offer your patients the comfort of the world’s smallest and lightest sound processors with all day battery life.1,#,** Responding to your patients’ listening needs, the Nucleus Nexa System adapts its power usage across the day so your patients can get on with life.
Smart Sync
As the world’s first cochlear implant with internal memory, the Nucleus Nexa Implant securely stores your patients’ MAPs. That means you can get your patients back on air quickly with a new or replacement sound processor. With Smart Sync, feel confident knowing their MAPs are copied directly from the smart implant to the replacement sound processor, ensuring your programming is unchanged.
An ever-expanding world of streaming options
Nucleus Nexa sound processors offer high quality audio streaming from compatible^ smartphones and, in the future, smart TVs, laptops, and a growing list of personal devices using next-generation Bluetooth® LE Audio technology.* Your patients will also have the opportunity to access what’s being broadcast at airports, conference centres, theatres and other public venues using Auracast™ broadcast audio.¥
Benefits
More benefits for you and your patients
Clearer sound wherever they are
Nucleus Nexa sound processors sense and respond to changes in your patients' listening environment and automatically adjust to provide clearer sound using SmartSound® iQ 2 with SCAN 2.2-5 When they want to focus on face-to-face conversation, ForwardFocus reduces distracting background noise automatically or at the touch of a button in the Nucleus Smart App.6,†
Paediatrics
The smart choice for children
Early access to sound makes all the difference in helping children learn, explore and experience their world.7 With the option of the latest Nucleus Kanso 3 Nexa Sound Processor or the Nucleus 8 Nexa Sound Processor, you can help parents choose the device that best suits their child’s needs. Both devices offer the comfort and discretion of the world’s smallest and lightest sound processors,1,** Cochlear’s latest hearing technology, a growing selection of direct streaming options and a range of accessories.
Connected Care
The data to deliver Connected Care
Cochlear Connected Care provides seamless and secure access to patient data so you can make informed programming and care decisions. For new recipients, baseline information is shared from the operating room to the clinic to enable an efficient, confident activation. As the patient’s journey continues, datalogs allow you to see how each patient is using their device in the real world, including time in speech, coil-offs and feature use. And remote hearing checks provide you with additional data on patient progress including aided audiogram and speech in noise measures.
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Disclaimer
This material is intended for health professionals. If you are a consumer, please seek advice from your health professional about treatments for hearing loss. Outcomes may vary, and your health professional will advise you about the factors which could affect your outcome. Always read the instructions for use. Not all products are available in all countries. Please contact your local Cochlear representative for product information.
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# The described feature and benefit are available for recipients with a Nucleus Nexa Implant only. Battery life varies for every user, according to the age of the battery, the programs used each day, your implant type, the thickness of skin covering your implant, and the size and type of battery used. Streaming from compatible devices, True Wireless devices or FM may decrease sound processor battery life depending on how often and for how long streaming is engaged. For Nucleus 8 Nexa and Kanso 3 Nexa sound processors, a full day of battery life is defined as 16 hours.
† ForwardFocus is clinician-enabled within the Custom Sound Pro fitting software and can be user-controlled with the Cochlear Nucleus Smart App or as an automated program.
^ For compatibility information and devices visit www.cochlear.com/compatibility and www.resound.com/compatibility.
* As Bluetooth LE Audio compatible devices become available, a firmware update will be required for you to use certain features. Auracast™ broadcast audio capability is subject to third party adoption of the Auracast protocol.
¥ Auracast™ broadcast audio capability is subject to third party adoption of the Auracast protocol.
~ SCAN 2 is approved for use with any recipient ages 6 years and older, who is able to 1) complete objective speech perception testing in quiet and in noise in order to determine and document performance 2) report a preference for different program settings.
± Remote Care is not available in all markets and patient must have cellular or WiFi connection for use of Remote Care features.
≈ The Cochlear Nucleus 8 Nexa and Nucleus Kanso 3 Nexa sound processors with Aqua+ are dust and water resistant to level of IP68 of the International Standard IEC60529. The Nucleus 8 Nexa and Kanso 3 Nexa sound processors with Aqua+ can be continuously submerged under water to a depth of up to 3 metres for up to 2 hours. Refer to the relevant User Guide for more information.
** The Nucleus Kanso 3 Nexa Sound Processor is the world’s smallest and lightest rechargeable off-the-ear sound processor.
References
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- Sharma SD, Cushing SL, Papsin BC, Gordon KA. Hearing and speech benefits of cochlear implantation in children: A review of the literature. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Jun;133:109984.