{ "catalog": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/index.json", "description": "Current Starkey hearing aid families across the Omega AI, Edge AI and G Series AI platforms, with styles, fitting ranges and features.", "disclaimer": "Not medical advice and not a price list. Specifications come from manufacturer materials and change without notice. Candidacy for any device must be determined by a licensed hearing care professional.", "documentation": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/llms.txt", "key": "starkey", "license": "Facts drawn from each manufacturer's published materials. Reproduced for comparison; product names and brands are trademarks of their respective owners.", "manufacturerReference": "https://starkey.com/hearing-aids", "modelCount": 6, "models": [ { "bestFor": "Patients who want Starkey's newest processing and Auracast support.", "brand": "Starkey", "brandKey": "starkey", "family": "Omega AI", "features": [ "Listed alongside Edge AI as a current flagship family on Starkey's 2026 comparison page.", "Both Omega AI and Edge AI support Auracast broadcast reception through the My Starkey app as of January 2026.", "Offered across RIC, BTE and custom styles, following Starkey's usual pattern of rechargeable RIC and BTE alongside custom builds.", "Starkey's public material does not set out the level range for Omega AI, so it is not listed here.", "Starkey has not published a battery or IP figure for Omega AI. The Genesis AI generation was rated IP68 across the family." ], "fittingRange": "Varies by style and configuration", "modified": "2026-08-21", "name": "Starkey Omega AI", "overview": "One of Starkey's two current flagship families, appearing in 2025 and listed alongside Edge AI on Starkey's 2026 comparison page.", "platform": "Starkey Omega AI", "slug": "omega-ai", "style": "Current flagship family: RIC, BTE and custom styles", "styleGroup": "Receiver-in-canal (RIC)", "url": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/starkey/omega-ai.html" }, { "bestFor": "Patients who want Starkey's flagship processing and a clear choice of level.", "brand": "Starkey", "brandKey": "starkey", "family": "Edge AI", "features": [ "Introduced around October 2024 as the family above Genesis AI.", "Documented in levels 24, 20 and 16, the clearest level set in the current Starkey range.", "Supports Auracast broadcast reception through the My Starkey app as of January 2026.", "Regional catalogues list the Edge AI RIC R as lithium-ion rechargeable; Starkey's pattern is rechargeable RIC and BTE alongside custom builds in ITE, ITC, CIC and IIC.", "Starkey has not published a battery or IP figure specifically for Edge AI." ], "fittingRange": "Varies by style and configuration", "levels": [ "Edge AI 24", "Edge AI 20", "Edge AI 16" ], "modified": "2026-08-21", "name": "Starkey Edge AI", "overview": "Starkey's flagship AI family, introduced around October 2024 and the model that displaced Genesis AI at the top of the range.", "platform": "Starkey Edge AI", "slug": "edge-ai", "style": "Flagship family: rechargeable RIC, BTE and custom styles", "styleGroup": "Receiver-in-canal (RIC)", "url": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/starkey/edge-ai.html" }, { "bestFor": "Patients who want a current Starkey platform without flagship pricing.", "brand": "Starkey", "brandKey": "starkey", "family": "G Series AI", "features": [ "Listed as a current family on Starkey's 2026 comparison page, below Omega AI and Edge AI.", "Offered across RIC, BTE and custom styles, following Starkey's usual pattern.", "Starkey's public material does not set out the level range for G Series AI.", "Starkey publishes no battery or IP figure for this family." ], "fittingRange": "Varies by style and configuration", "modified": "2026-08-21", "name": "Starkey G Series AI", "overview": "A current Starkey family listed on the 2026 comparison page alongside Omega AI and Edge AI, positioned below the two flagships.", "platform": "Starkey G Series AI", "slug": "g-series-ai", "style": "Current family: RIC, BTE and custom styles", "styleGroup": "Receiver-in-canal (RIC)", "url": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/starkey/g-series-ai.html" }, { "bestFor": "Patients whose highest priority is that the device not be visible.", "brand": "Starkey", "brandKey": "starkey", "family": "Signature Series", "features": [ "Invisible and custom in-the-ear styles, built from an ear impression.", "Listed as part of Starkey's current 2026 portfolio.", "A 2026 catalogue shows the Signature Series using the same numeric level pattern as Edge AI, though Starkey does not publish the exact set for the US.", "The smallest custom builds trade features for size: streaming, controls and output are all constrained by the shell.", "Starkey has quoted up to 38 hours for its smallest custom rechargeable and up to 42 hours for other custom rechargeables in product catalog material, though those figures are attached to the Genesis AI generation." ], "fittingRange": "Varies by shell size and ear anatomy; the smallest builds suit a narrower range", "modified": "2026-08-21", "name": "Starkey Signature Series", "overview": "Starkey's invisible custom line, listed as part of the current 2026 portfolio. Individual invisible models appear in Starkey's 2026 catalogue.", "platform": "Starkey Signature Series", "slug": "signature-series", "style": "Invisible and custom in-the-ear styles", "styleGroup": "Custom in-the-ear", "url": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/starkey/signature-series.html" }, { "bestFor": "Patients offered a Genesis AI at a discount who want to know what they give up against Edge AI.", "brand": "Starkey", "brandKey": "starkey", "family": "Genesis AI", "features": [ "Built around Starkey's Neuro Processor, which Starkey described as making more than 80 million automatic adjustments per hour.", "Starkey states up to 51 hours per charge for the RIC RT style, and up to 41 hours for the mRIC R. These are the clearest battery figures in the Starkey range.", "Up to 38 hours for the smallest custom rechargeable and up to 42 hours for other custom rechargeables.", "IP68 across the family, stated in Starkey's own white paper and tested both internally and by an independent laboratory.", "Rechargeable RIC and BTE styles alongside disposable-battery customs.", "Starkey does not break the battery figures out by streaming; the hours above are full-cycle runtime used for reliability testing." ], "fittingRange": "Varies by style and configuration", "generationNote": "Genesis AI launched in 2023 and was displaced as flagship by Edge AI in October 2024. It is still listed, and it remains the family Starkey has published the most detail about.", "modified": "2026-08-21", "name": "Starkey Genesis AI", "overview": "The 2023 family built around Starkey's Neuro Processor, which Starkey described as making over 80 million automatic adjustments an hour. Superseded by Edge AI but still the best-documented Starkey family.", "platform": "Starkey Genesis AI", "slug": "genesis-ai", "style": "Rechargeable RIC and BTE, plus custom styles", "styleGroup": "Receiver-in-canal (RIC)", "url": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/starkey/genesis-ai.html" }, { "bestFor": "Patients offered an Evolv AI who want to know where it sits in the range.", "brand": "Starkey", "brandKey": "starkey", "family": "Evolv AI", "features": [ "Older family, behind Genesis AI and well behind the current flagships.", "Rechargeable RIC and BTE styles alongside disposable-battery customs.", "Starkey's public material does not set out a level range for Evolv AI in the US.", "This generation predates the Auracast support that Omega AI and Edge AI gained in January 2026." ], "fittingRange": "Varies by style and configuration", "generationNote": "Evolv AI predates Genesis AI and sits well behind the current Omega AI and Edge AI families. It is still presented on Starkey's site.", "modified": "2026-08-21", "name": "Starkey Evolv AI", "overview": "An older Starkey family still presented on Starkey's site, two generations behind the current flagships.", "platform": "Starkey Evolv AI", "slug": "evolv-ai", "style": "Rechargeable RIC and BTE, plus custom styles", "styleGroup": "Receiver-in-canal (RIC)", "url": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/starkey/evolv-ai.html" } ], "name": "Starkey", "publisher": "Hearing Aid Finder", "publisherUrl": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/", "technologyLevelNote": "Starkey uses numeric tiers, published as 24, 20 and 16 on Edge AI. The other families follow the same pattern, but Starkey does not publish their exact sets, so a model page lists a range only where the brand states one.", "technologyLevels": [ { "code": "24", "positioning": "Premium", "suitedFor": "The full feature set and the widest access to the platform's automatic processing." }, { "code": "20", "positioning": "Advanced", "suitedFor": "Regular social, working and restaurant listening." }, { "code": "16", "positioning": "Mid", "suitedFor": "Everyday listening with moderate activity and some noise." } ], "url": "https://hearingaidfinder.org/hearing-aids/starkey/" }