Phonak Roger: Enhancing Learning for Children with Hearing Loss
Brand: Phonak
Product Type: Assistive Listening Devices for Education
Performance is Crucial in Pediatric Medicine
Roger™ helps children focus, participate, and develop in the classroom by supporting learning and speech development. Let's see how it daily improves experiences for children and teachers.
[Image: A smiling young boy wearing a Roger receiver and a hearing aid.]
Dynamic Learning
How can we ensure that students with hearing loss can hear and participate in a vibrant school environment filled with laughter, learning, and lively discussions?
Nearly 90% of a child's school day is spent listening in noise¹.
Key Benefits of Roger
- Increases the signal-to-noise ratio
- Keeps the teacher's voice above the noise
- Automatically adjusts its settings
Challenges
- Students need a better signal-to-noise ratio, not only to understand and perform academically but also to integrate socially and emotionally in the classroom².
- Students may struggle to focus on the right voice in a noisy environment with many speakers.
- Students use multimedia as a supplement to educational materials to improve learning in school.
Solution
- Adaptive microphone technology to set the teacher's voice relative to the background noise level.
- MultiBeam Technology to automatically select and prioritize speech when multiple speakers are present.
- MultiTalker Network to access multiple speakers and media sources simultaneously.
Results
- Hear up to twice as much with the Roger Touchscreen Mic compared to fixed remote microphones.
- In small groups, Roger provides more speech understanding from multiple directions compared to fixed remote microphones.
- Roger's broad ecosystem ensures compatibility with a wide range of devices to support hearing.
[Image: A young girl with Down syndrome smiling in a classroom setting, wearing glasses.]
Dynamic Teaching
What solution can we implement to support teachers in effectively teaching students with hearing loss, while simplifying the process for increased efficiency?
86% of users rate the Roger Touchscreen Mic 4 or higher out of 5*
Key Benefits of Roger
- No lost receivers
- Low-latency audio transmission
- Compatibility with almost all hearing aids and cochlear implants
Challenges
- Teachers should create an inclusive environment where students feel supported in all learning situations.
- Teachers risk vocal strain by speaking louder or repeating information frequently.
- Teachers need a simple, intuitive solution for easy adjustments in dynamic classrooms.
Solution
- An all-in-one microphone solution that easily switches between lectures and group discussions.
- Wireless audio transmission that amplifies the teacher's voice directly to students' hearing aids.
- An intuitive interface with a simplified menu.
Results
- The Roger Touchscreen Mic has multiple modes based on the device's directionality, adapting to dynamic classrooms.
- The Roger Touchscreen Mic features an adaptive gain function that amplifies the teacher's voice over background noise and distance.
- The Roger Touchscreen Mic provides easy access to frequently used functions, allowing teachers to quickly find what they need.
[Image: A female teacher smiling, holding a Roger device.]
Roger: The Preferred Solution
In our latest study, we asked children to evaluate both the design and aesthetics of remote microphones, as well as their overall performance.
68% of children preferred the Roger Touchscreen microphone as their overall choice of remote microphone when asked to select one for school.*
Bar chart comparing Design & Estetik and Overall Performance:
- Design & Estetik: Roger TSM (37%), Traditional RM (46%), Both the same (17%)
- Overall Performance: Roger TSM (68%), Traditional RM (32%), Both the same (12%)
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Experience the performance of the Roger Touchscreen Mic.
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Learn how to set the volume on Roger microphones.
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[Image: A Roger Touchscreen Mic device.]
Real-Life Experiences with Roger
Dr. Carrie Spangler
An educational audiologist with over 25 years of experience in audiology, working with children with hearing loss with a focus on the educational environment. See her testimonials here.
I have been working with Roger products since 2013, transitioning from FM to Roger in schools. Roger changed how we handle frequency interference by using Adaptive Frequency Hopping technology in the license-free 2.4 GHz ISM band. This innovation made our work as educational audiologists much easier, as it provided a reliable signal we could count on.
With Roger Unlimited, I can now easily give all students using Phonak and AB devices access to Roger, without the hassle of keeping track of receiver serial numbers or lost equipment. This, again, is a significant improvement in my workflow.
The ability to add multiple microphones for students with multiple teachers or special educators, along with the possibility to integrate a classroom sound distribution system (Digimaster) for a better signal-to-noise ratio, makes Roger an obvious technology solution.
The consistent sound quality, ease of use, and the positive effect on the signal-to-noise ratio make Roger an indispensable tool for success in school.
[Image: Portrait of Dr. Carrie Spangler.]
Melissa Hyder
Melissa discovers the Roger MultiTalker Network feature in school. Read what she thinks about it here.
Melissa Hyder is the mother of two children with hearing loss. The first time she came into contact with Roger was when her son, Ayden, started preschool. Despite the benefits of Roger, she felt worried because her son's preschool had two teachers, and she was afraid he would miss out on all the teaching that happened when the main teacher worked with the other children.
To her surprise, Roger allowed connection to a second speaker. This means that while the teacher can wear the microphone, a co-teacher or teaching assistant can also use a Roger microphone.
"My son had access to both speakers, which increased access to sound and learning in the classroom."
[Image: Melissa Hyder giving a thumbs-up, with her two children, one wearing a Roger receiver.]
A Legacy of Innovation
Nearly three decades of developing hearing solutions for children with hearing loss.
- 2024 Roger Unlimited: Unlimited digital hearing devices
- 2019 Roger becomes direct: Launch of RogerDirect
- 2016 Roger Touchscreen Mic: New school microphone
- 2013 Roger: New standard in wireless technology
- 2007 Dynamic FM: First adaptive FM system
- 2003 Multi-frequency FM: First frequency-flexible FM system
- 2000 MLx: First universal earmounted FM receiver
- 1996 MicroLink: First miniaturized earmounted FM receiver
Since 1996, Phonak has had a dedicated team focused on developing products and solutions that support various teaching styles and methods, so that teachers do not need to adapt and students can fully participate in the classroom.
[Image: A child with a bow in her hair, raising her hand in a classroom, appearing engaged.]
life is on
Since 1947, our driving force has been to improve the quality of life for everyone with hearing loss by opening up new acoustic worlds. We are convinced that good hearing provides good quality of life and is therefore essential for living life to the fullest. Today, we can offer a wide range of innovative hearing solutions. Together, we continue to focus on what is most important – improving speech understanding, impacting people's lives, and making a positive impact on society as a whole. life is on.
Learn more at phonak.com/roger
[Company Information: Sonova Communications AG, Herrenschwandweg 4, CH-3280 Murten, Switzerland.]
