Oticon Intent
Oticon's flagship rechargeable hearing aid, and the first to use 4D Sensor technology. It responds to how you are actually moving and listening, moment to moment. Available in four technology levels, Intent 1 to 4, all the same physical hearing aid.
What Intent does differently.
Most hearing aids react to the sound around you. Intent also reads what you are doing, whether your head is turning, whether you are walking, whether you are in conversation, and adjusts how much help it gives you based on that. Oticon call it 4D Sensor technology, and it is the single biggest reason to choose Intent over a cheaper Oticon.
Which Intent suits you?
All four are the same physical hearing aid. The higher the level, the better it copes with noise and the more finely we can tune it. We recommend a level after your hearing test, based on your results and how you live.
Restaurants, meetings, family gatherings, anywhere with a lot going on. The only level with the full sound range, so it suits music lovers too.
- Reads how you move and listen (4D Sensor)
- Strongest noise handling
- Most precise fitting to your hearing
Out and about regularly, but not constantly in difficult rooms. For most active people this is the sensible level.
- Reads how you move and listen (4D Sensor)
- Strong noise handling
- Very precise fitting
Home, television, shops, the occasional restaurant. Does the job well day to day, you will notice it in a genuinely noisy room.
- No 4D Sensor
- Moderate noise handling
- Good fitting precision
One-to-one conversation and television. Not the level to choose if background noise is your main complaint.
- No 4D Sensor
- Light noise handling
- Basic fitting precision
Styles, battery and connectivity.
Both rechargeable, with a full day on a single charge. There is no disposable battery version of Intent. If you would rather not charge a hearing aid at all, tell us at your appointment and we will show you what we fit that still uses disposable batteries.
Pick up broadcast audio in venues that offer it. Made for iPhone with hands-free calling, and works with Android. Controlled through the Oticon Companion app.
Not sure Intent is right for you?
Oticon's newest platform, with two AI engines running at once. Announced August 2026, coming during the year.
See Reveal →If discretion matters more than anything else. Rechargeable, and small enough that most people will not see it.
See Zeal →Built for severe to profound hearing loss, where Intent would not give you enough power.
See Xceed →Frequently asked questions.
Often, yes. Intent is a very capable hearing aid and is now the previous flagship rather than a poor relation. For a lot of people the sensible choice is a higher level of Intent rather than an entry level of the newest range, because technology level usually matters more than model year.
They read head movement and body movement alongside the sound around you, so the hearing aid can tell the difference between you turning to talk to someone and simply walking through a noisy room. It then adjusts what it emphasises. It is the feature that made Intent distinctive.
The hearing aid itself is identical. What changes is how much of the noise handling and how many adjustment bands you get. Intent 1 gives the most help in difficult listening; Intent 4 is the entry point. We will recommend a level based on your hearing test and where you actually struggle.
No, Intent is rechargeable only. If you would rather not charge a hearing aid at all, tell us at your appointment and we will show you what we fit that still uses disposable batteries.
Why choose The Hearing Team?
We are not tied to Oticon or any single manufacturer, so you always get honest advice about what is genuinely right for you.
A real demo after your hearing test, set to your results, with no pressure to order.
Experienced clinicians fit and fine-tune every hearing aid, in clinic or at home.
Appointments that fit around your work and family. We work around you.
Not right for you? Full refund, no obligation, plus up to 4 years manufacturer warranty.
A yearly hearing test and a full check of your hearing aids, included for as long as you own them.