Nuance Audio Plus Upturn 52 — Hearing Glasses NZ (Olive Green)

Available to order — fitted by the optometrist team at Rose Optometry, Hamilton, and shipped NZ-wide.

Nuance Audio Plus is EssilorLuxottica's second-generation hearing glasses, released in September 2026: prescription-ready frames with open-ear speakers and beamforming microphones built into the temples, so mild-to-moderate hearing difficulty is handled by the glasses you already wear.

Upturn 52 in Olive Green

Where the Square 53 is squared-off and the Panthos is round, the Upturn 52 is the frame with a bit of lift at the outer corner. Its 38.1mm lens height is the shallowest of the three, which keeps the look light on the face; it still takes a progressive, but with a slightly smaller reading zone.

A soft khaki-olive rather than a bright green. It is the fashion colour of the range and the one people notice and ask about.

Fit and sizing — Upturn 52

• Lens 52mm · bridge 18mm · temple 140mm · lens height 38.1mm · hinge-to-hinge 125.6mm
• Frame size S (regular fit), universal bridge; soft cat-eye shape, designed for women
• Best on narrow-to-average faces. The 38.1mm depth suits single vision and most progressives; if you rely on a large reading area, the Square 53 gives you more room. Temples are 140mm, so it also suits people who find standard 145mm arms too long.

Lens options for the Olive Green Upturn 52

• Standard lenses — NZ$1,699. The frame arrives with demo lenses and our optometrists fit your prescription in Hamilton: single vision, progressive, occupational, blue-light or tinted. Lens pricing is quoted at your fitting.
• Transitions® Clear to Green — NZ$1,859. Factory-fitted light-adaptive lenses: clear indoors, darkening outdoors in a tint chosen to suit the olive green frame.

What Nuance Audio Plus does

Speakers sit inside the temples and fire toward your ears, so nothing goes in the ear canal and you can still hear the room naturally. A beamforming microphone array lifts the voice in front of you and pushes back the clatter around you, with three noise-reduction levels. Volume and power are on the frame; presets, listening modes and battery are in the Nuance Audio app. Phone calls come through the frame too. Expect roughly 10 hours between charges.

Designed for mild-to-moderate hearing difficulty — the point where a quiet conversation is easy but a restaurant is exhausting. Not a replacement for medical hearing aids in more significant loss; if your hearing has changed noticeably, have it tested first.

Why buy Nuance Audio Plus from Rose Optometry

• Independent Hamilton optometrists — the microphones only perform when the frame is positioned correctly, so we fit and adjust in person
• Vision and hearing addressed in one appointment
• Free optometrist advice with every order · tracked NZ-wide shipping

Book a Nuance Audio Plus fitting in Hamilton → Try them on, hear them working in a real room, and leave with the app set up. Or order online and we will arrange fitting when you collect.

Nuance Audio Plus Upturn 52 Olive Green — frequently asked questions

How much are Nuance Audio Plus glasses in New Zealand?

The Nuance Audio Plus Upturn 52 in Olive Green is NZ$1,699 with standard demo lenses (your prescription is then fitted by Rose Optometry, quoted separately at your appointment) or NZ$1,859 with Transitions® Clear to Green light-adaptive lenses factory-fitted. Those are EssilorLuxottica's New Zealand recommended retail prices; the original Nuance Audio range is NZ$1,320.

Where can I buy Nuance Audio Plus glasses in NZ?

Nuance Audio Plus is sold in New Zealand through authorised optical and hearing-care practices. Rose Optometry in Frankton, Hamilton stocks the full Plus range — Upturn 52 in Olive Green included — and ships nationwide. You can order online here or book a fitting to try the frames on and hear them working in a real room.

How do Nuance Audio Plus hearing glasses work?

Two beamforming microphone arrays in the frame pick up the voice in front of you and suppress sound from the sides and behind; the processed sound is played through open-ear speakers hidden in the temples, so nothing sits in your ear canal. You choose Frontal or All-Around listening in the Nuance Audio app, set one of four amplification presets and a background-noise-reduction level, and adjust volume on the frame or in the app.

What size is the Nuance Audio Plus Upturn 52?

Lens width 52mm, bridge 18mm, temple 140mm, lens height 38.1mm, hinge-to-hinge 125.6mm. EssilorLuxottica lists it as frame size S (regular fit), universal bridge.

What is new in Nuance Audio Plus compared with the original Nuance Audio?

Battery life of around 10 hours per charge, beamforming directional microphones for clearer speech in noisy rooms, hands-free phone calls answered on the frame, a physical power switch and volume buttons, two new colours (Amber and Olive Green) and three new frame shapes — Square 53, Upturn 52 and Panthos 48 — with a wider size range including adjustable nosepads on the Panthos.

Are Nuance Audio glasses any good for hearing loss?

For mild-to-moderate hearing difficulty — the stage where one-to-one conversation is fine but restaurants and group settings are tiring — they are a real option, and the beamforming in the Plus generation makes a noticeable difference in noise. They are not a substitute for prescribed hearing aids in more significant loss. If your hearing has changed, we recommend a hearing test first; we can arrange one in Hamilton.

Can I get my prescription put in Nuance Audio Plus glasses?

Yes. The Upturn 52 arrives with demo lenses and our optometrists fit your prescription — single vision, progressive, occupational or blue-light — in Hamilton. Most everyday prescriptions are within range; we confirm yours at the fitting. You can also choose the factory Transitions® Clear to Green option, which is a light-adaptive lens fitted to this frame by EssilorLuxottica.

Who makes Nuance Audio?

Nuance Audio is made by EssilorLuxottica, the French-Italian group behind Essilor and Transitions lenses and the Ray-Ban, Oakley and Oliver Peoples frame brands. Rose Optometry is an EssilorLuxottica stockist in Hamilton, New Zealand.

See the full Nuance Audio hearing glasses range →

Supplier reference 0AW5006 13 (standard) / 14 (Transitions). Nuance Audio and Transitions are trademarks of their respective owners.