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Built software-defined, so it can be AI-defined.
Lyratone moves hearing intelligence off the proprietary ASIC chip and into software — the same shift already proven in software-defined networks and vehicles. That's what lets AI keep evolving, instead of freezing at the factory.
"Everybody talks about AI hearing. Why is your AI different?"
"We don't start with AI. We start with architecture."
THE FOUNDATION
Software-Defined Hearing
(SDH)
Decouples core hearing functions from proprietary hardware into software layers. That's what makes rapid feature iterations, open-system integrations, and over-the-air updates possible. Lyratone has built on this architecture since 2018.
THE EVOLUTION
AI-Defined Hearing
(AIDH)
Because hearing is already software-defined, AI can reach the core of the system across embedded and application layers, rather than sit on top as a feature. Spans edge AI, an app/PC-layer agent, and a cloud model that continuously learns.
SDH makes hearing programmable. AI makes it intelligent.
Built on an IP-independent platform
Lyratone's OWS algorithms are self-developed and independently patented, built on the same architecture that powers our prescription and hearing-protection lines: Software-Defined Hearing as the foundation, AI-Defined Hearing as the evolution. That means your OWS product keeps improving through software updates rather than a hardware redesign — and it means you're never one licensing renewal away from losing the technology your product is built on.
See why an IP-independent partner matters →
FDA Class II
Medical-grade compliance in the US market
Full-stack self-developed IP
Algorithm, chipset integration, hardware, and fitting software — all in-house
5–7ms extra low latency in sound processing
Vs. the ≤15ms performance requirement by US FDA OTC
Founding team
20+ years acoustics R&D experience from cloud communications and medical industries
Every hearing form factor, one architecture
Four product lines — prescription, OTC, hearing protection, and cartilage conduction — all built on the same Software-Defined and AI-Defined Hearing platform.
Prescription (RIC / BTE)
Up to severe hearing loss, professional fitting workflows.
Most active area
OTC — Open-ear (OWS)
The fastest-growing OTC form factor — and the hardest to engineer well.
Hearing protection
A new generation — Bluetooth, transparency mode, medical-grade WDRC — built on the same platform.
Newest addition
Cartilage conduction
A third auditory pathway for patients a sealed or bone-anchored device can't serve.
Why OWS (open-ear) style OTC hearing aid is having its moment
The market signal behind Lyratone's most active product line.
In 2024, Apple brought FDA-cleared OTC hearing aid functionality to AirPods Pro 2 (TWS) — proof that a consumer-electronics company can reach a mass hearing-health audience without the traditional clinical channel. Open-ear, stem-free (OWS) designs are the logical next step, and they're also the hardest to engineer: acoustic feedback and processing delay both work against an unsealed ear canal. Lyratone's self-developed algorithms solve both.
Tell us about your product
CompanyName *Email *PhoneMessage *Your Product's Tech Spec
Tell us which product line you're evaluating, and we'll send the matching spec sheet — prescription, OTC, hearing protection, or cartilage conduction.
See how to build on this architecture
Software license, PCBA module, or full device — the Solutions page lays out the three ways to engage, and which one fits your team.
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