Updated October 2026

TL;DR: We sell Starkey because the brand puts its AI processing and its body sensors inside the hearing aid rather than inside the app, and because four current lines cover four very different budgets. Omega AI+ is the newest, Omega AI the current premium, Edge AI the proven step down, G Series the entry point.

Every manufacturer will tell you its hearing aids are smart. Starkey hearing aids are the ones that will also mention you have not stood up in three hours, which lands somewhere between helpful and mildly accusatory depending on the day. Our Starkey range keeps its shelf space for a less chatty reason: the company spends its money on the chip in your ear rather than the software on your phone.

What Starkey Builds Into the Device Instead of the App

Starkey does the hard listening work on a chip inside your ear rather than on a phone in your pocket. The newest line, Omega AI+, runs what Starkey calls a Quad DNN architecture, four deep neural networks working at the same time. Starkey states it handles sound up to 2.7 times faster than leading hearing aids that market DNN processing, and publishes its level-by-level specifications on its professional site. Speed matters for an unglamorous reason. Your brain works out where a voice is coming from by comparing what reaches one ear against what reaches the other, so a processor that lags smears that comparison and the voice loses its direction in the room.

The second thing Starkey puts inside the shell is sensors. Every current Starkey receiver-in-canal model we carry runs what the company describes as personal health monitoring technology with embedded sensors and artificial intelligence, which in daily use means motion and activity tracking with nothing strapped to your wrist.

Two things follow from building it that way:

• Noise handling keeps working when your phone is dead, in another room, or refusing to pair, because none of it depends on the Bluetooth link holding.

• Activity features ride along on devices you were already going to wear for fourteen hours, which beats a fitness band you forgot to charge.

What no chip can settle is which level of it your hearing needs. That answer comes off your audiogram. Upload your audiogram or take our free online hearing test, and one of our hearing care experts will tell you where you land before you spend anything.

Our Current Starkey Lineup

Four lines of Starkey hearing aids sit in our range, and they are not four trim levels of one device. The processing generation changes between them, and so does the hardware that hangs off it.

Starkey Omega AI+

The newest Starkey platform, built on the G4 Gen AI Neuro Processor, and arriving in our range shortly. It carries the Quad DNN architecture, what Starkey calls the world's first DNN Dual Compressor, and Auracast broadcast audio for public venues that have installed it. Starkey also added sleep quality tracking here, with nightly sleep scores drawn from body position and sleep cycles.

Three things are new on this line rather than refined:

• Quad DNN processing, which splits the work across four networks instead of running one harder.

• Auracast support, which matters in airports, theaters and houses of worship that have installed broadcast audio.

• Sleep scoring from the onboard sensors, which no previous Starkey line produced.

On the receiver-in-canal rechargeable build, Omega AI+ runs up to 51 hours on a charge and up to 45 hours with streaming, carries an IP68 rating, and includes a telecoil, a CROS system and a status indicator light. Omega AI+ comes in three levels, Omega AI+ 24, Omega AI+ 20 and Omega AI+ 16, with 24, 20 or 16 fine-tuning channels, so you pick the level that fits your hearing instead of one take-it-or-leave-it package. See how Omega AI+ differs from Omega AI if you are weighing the two.

Starkey Omega AI

Our current premium Starkey line, and the one we point most people toward. We stock it at two levels, Omega AI 24 and Omega AI 20, plus a CROS transmitter for anyone with usable hearing in only one ear. The full Starkey sensor set is here, along with telecoil support and the StarLink accessory range.

Pick 24 when your week includes restaurants, meetings and anywhere the background is other people talking. Level 20 holds up well in smaller rooms and on the phone, and for a quieter life it is the honest recommendation, whatever a sales page would rather tell you.

The money between the two levels buys you three things:

• More processing aimed at competing speech, which is the one problem that gets dramatically harder as a room fills.

• Finer control over how the devices behave in each listening situation, so your provider has more to work with at follow-ups.

• More headroom if your hearing shifts later, since a higher level has further to be adjusted before it runs out.

Starkey Edge AI

Omega succeeded this line, and it is still a strong buy. Edge AI 24 and Edge AI 20 share a great deal of hardware with the Omega range: up to 51 hours of battery on a charge, up to 45 with streaming, IP68, telecoil, CROS, and the same embedded health sensors. The headline feature is Edge Mode, a manual boost you trigger when a room turns against you.

What separates Edge from Omega is the processing generation rather than the shell, and that is exactly the kind of difference worth reading about before you spend. We put Omega AI and Edge AI side by side.

Starkey G Series AI

Here is our entry point, and we are plain about what that means. G Series AI 12 and G Series AI 10 are rechargeable receiver-in-canal devices rated IP68, with tinnitus tools onboard and up to 50 hours of battery, dropping to around 38 hours with streaming.

What G Series leaves out matters as much as what it includes:

• No telecoil, so loop systems in theaters and public buildings pass it by.

• No CROS option, which rules it out entirely for single-sided loss.

• Auracast is absent, so broadcast audio in venues that offer it stays out of reach.

• Basic directionality next to the Omega and Edge lines, which is the one you will notice in a crowded room.

For a first pair, a quiet household, or a budget with a hard edge, G Series is a real hearing aid from a real manufacturer rather than a compromise you will regret. Put it in a loud job or a busy social calendar and it will frustrate you. Whether your loss is mild enough for this line to hold up is the part we check against your audiogram before we let you order it.

Which Starkey Level Fits Which Kind of Week

Starkey hearing aids get easier to choose once you stop reading the level numbers and start describing your Tuesday. Four patterns come up on the phone more than any others.

None of that replaces an audiogram. Three things get settled there and nowhere else:

• Whether your loss sits inside the fitting range of the line you had your eye on.

• Which receiver strength we pair with your device, which we choose from your audiogram before anything ships.

• Whether one ear needs something different from the other, which happens more often than people expect.

Our hearing care experts work through all of that with you on the phone, and they know the whole catalog rather than the top of it.

What the Health Sensors Do, and What They Do Not

Starkey's sensors track motion and activity, log steps, and notice when you have been still for a long stretch. On Omega AI+, the sensors also score how you slept, reading sleep cycles and body position overnight, which Starkey describes as an industry first for hearing aids. Fall alerts sit in the same system and can notify contacts you choose.

What the sensors deliver day to day:

• Step and activity counts that need no second device and no daily charge of their own.

• Fall alerts that reach contacts you pick, which is the feature families ask about most.

• Sleep scores on Omega AI+, reported as cycles and body position rather than a single number.

None of this diagnoses anything, and none of it replaces a doctor or a medical-grade monitor. What it does is make the devices worth wearing on the days your hearing feels fine, and consistent wear is the whole game. Hearing intervention slowed cognitive decline by 48 percent over three years among older adults already at elevated risk in the ACHIEVE trial published in The Lancet, though the effect did not appear across the trial's overall group. Devices that sit in a drawer deliver none of it.

Better hearing is a process rather than a switch. The first two weeks can feel bumpy while your brain catches up, which is normal and temporary, and it is one of the reasons we book your follow-ups for you instead of waiting for you to call.

My Starkey, the App That Does More Than Volume

The My Starkey app handles the ordinary things well enough: volume, programs, a find-my-device map when one goes missing in the laundry. Where it earns its place is the layer underneath.

• Activity and engagement scores pull from the sensors in the devices, so the data arrives without a second gadget.

• Remote adjustment lets your provider change your programming without you driving anywhere, which is the entire reason we can fit customers in towns with no clinic.

• Translation and transcribe features turn the hearing aids into a quiet assist in a conversation you would otherwise lose.

• StarLink accessories, including remote microphones and TV streamers, pair through the same app rather than a separate setup.

Feature availability shifts by line and by level, and a feature your neighbor has on Omega AI+ may not appear on G Series. We compare the major manufacturer apps here if you are choosing between brands on software rather than hardware.

Why We Carry Starkey, and What Buying a Pair Here Looks Like

We carry Starkey because the brand covers the full range without pretending every ear needs the top of it. A manufacturer that only builds premium devices forces everyone into premium pricing, and one that only builds cheap devices has nothing for the person in a loud restaurant four nights a week. Starkey is also American-owned, a point the company makes often and one that matters to plenty of our customers.

As an authorized Starkey retailer, we sell the same sealed devices with the same manufacturer warranty a clinic sells, for thousands less. One licensed hearing care provider stays with you through your first 60 days, so you are never explaining your hearing to someone new. Adjustments stay unlimited after that, with no session caps and no expiry date. The order of operations is the part people get wrong:

• We program your devices to your hearing profile first, and they ship already programmed.

• Your first fitting happens by phone or video within a day or two of delivery, and it runs about an hour.

• Before that appointment ends, your provider books the rest of your follow-ups, four at minimum inside your first 60 days.

Every order carries a 60-day money-back guarantee, and how it works runs the same way whichever line you choose.

The hearing aids are identical to what any clinic sells. The professional care is identical. The price is not. That's the Injoy difference.

Talk to one of our hearing care experts and they will tell you which Starkey level your audiogram supports, including when the cheaper one is the right call.

Common Questions About Starkey Hearing Aids

Can I still buy the Starkey Evolv AI?

Not from us. We have retired Evolv AI from our range, and the Omega and Edge lines have taken its place. If you already wear a pair, they keep working and your warranty stands. When you are ready to replace them, Edge AI is the closest match on hardware and Omega AI is the closest match on how the devices handle noise.

Are Starkey hearing aids waterproof?

No hearing aid is waterproof, and we do not describe any device that way. The Starkey lines we carry are rated IP68, which means the device survived continuous immersion in one meter of fresh water and eight hours in a dust chamber under standard testing. In everyday terms it handles rain, sweat and an accidental drop in the sink. Swimming and showering are still a bad idea.

Can I mix Starkey levels between my two ears?

We would rather you did not, and here is why. The two devices talk to each other constantly to work out where a sound came from, and that coordination assumes matched processing on both sides. Mixing levels gives you the weaker one's performance at the stronger one's price. The exception is a CROS fitting, where the transmitter and the hearing aid are different devices by design.

Do Starkey hearing aids work with both iPhone and Android?

Yes. Every Starkey line we carry streams to iPhone and to Android phones that support hearing aid streaming, and all of them run through the My Starkey app on either platform. Hands-free calling and the newer broadcast features depend on the line and on your phone, so tell us which handset you use and we will confirm before you order.

How do you program a hearing aid if I never visit a clinic?

Your audiogram does the work. Send us an audiogram from any licensed hearing professional, or take our free online hearing test, and a licensed hearing care provider uses it to program your devices with official Starkey software before the box ships. The first fitting happens by phone or video after they arrive, and it runs about an hour. Everything after that is remote too.

Can I try a pair before I commit?

Yes, and we would rather you did. Every order comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee, which gives your brain time to adapt and gives us time to fine-tune the programming. Most people need a few rounds of adjustment before the fit is right, and that is the normal path rather than a sign something went wrong. Return within 60 days and you get your money back.