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Oticon Zeal Wins Red Dot Design Award
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Veröffentlicht am May 1, 2026
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SOMERSET, NJ — Oticon proudly announces that Oticon Zeal has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Design Award, recognizing outstanding design quality, innovation, and excellence in product development. The award celebrates Oticon Zeal’s distinctive approach to discreet hearing care, where advanced technology and purpose-driven design come together in a complete, unseen solution.
Oticon Zeal is designed as the world’s most discreet, complete hearing aid—created to remove long-standing compromises between size, performance, and functionality. With its innovative, comfortable design, Oticon Zeal blends naturally into everyday life while delivering the full performance users expect from a premium hearing solution. The Red Dot jury recognizes products that set new benchmarks for user-centered design, usability, and innovation—qualities that define Oticon Zeal.
Built on Oticon’s BrainHearing™ philosophy, Oticon Zeal features advanced, second-generation AI-supported sound processing that continuously analyzes and balances sounds in real time. By supporting how the brain naturally makes sense of sound, Oticon Zeal helps users stay engaged, follow conversations and remain connected, even in complex, noisy listening environments. The AI technology is always on, supporting users seamlessly throughout the day without the need for continuous adjustments.
Dorthe Krogh Jensen, Oticon VP Brand Management.With Oticon Zeal, we have created an entirely new hearing aid category. A true game-changer in the industry. For the first time, we have successfully integrated our proven technology and full functionality into a discreet, in-the-ear design. We are proud to receive this Red Dot recognition, which confirms Oticon Zeal as a true design achievement. It is also a barrier-breaking solution, removing the compromise between discreet design and high performance. By reducing stigma, Oticon Zeal shows how thoughtful, human-centered design, and intelligent, AI-driven technology can come together to deliver life-changing hearing care that fits naturally into everyday life.
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In addition to its sound performance, Oticon Zeal offers seamless connectivity, including Auracast™ broadcast, opening new possibilities for accessing audio and public announcements in shared spaces. With rechargeable all-day power* and fast charging, Oticon Zeal supports modern lifestyles with reliability and convenience – all in a new discreet, in-the-ear design. Designed with both users and hearing care professionals in mind, Oticon Zeal also helps lower barriers to adoption and supports more confident conversations about hearing care.
The Red Dot Design Award reinforces Oticon’s long-standing commitment to innovation and underscores the critical role of great design in helping more people take the step into better hearing with confidence.
SOURCE: Oticon
*Expected use time for rechargeable battery depends on use pattern, active feature set, hearing loss, sound environment, battery age and use of wireless accessories.
