Sonova Reports Strong Growth in Hearing Instrument Business; Reports Voluntary Field Corrective Action by Cochlear Implant Division
STAFA, SWITZERLAND – Sonova Holding AG, a leading provider of hearing solutions, has announced a voluntary field corrective action by its US subsidiary, Advanced Bionics LLC (AB). AB has notified relevant regulatory bodies that it will retrieve un-implanted devices of the initial version of HiRes Ultra and Ultra 3D cochlear implant devices, which are currently…
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Oticon Introduces New Branding for a “New Age of Hearing Health Care”
SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY – Oticon today unveiled a new Oticon brand identity that “builds on the heritage and purpose of People First and reinforces the power of technology to improve not only the quality of hearing, but the overall quality of life”. According to the announcement, “Life-Changing Technology” communicates the company’s determination to pioneer new…
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ReSound Named Winner of 2020 BIG Innovation Award
BALLERUP, DENMARK — ReSound announced this week it has been named a winner in the 2020 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group. According to the company’s press release, “the award recognizes and celebrates ReSound’s landmark creation of the world’s first hearing aids capable of directly streaming audio with Bluetooth Low Energy from millions…
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Phonak Unveils Virto Black at CES 2020: Fully-Connected Hearing Aid Shaped like a Hearable
STAFA, SWITZERLAND & LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Leading hearing health care brand Phonak is attempting to challenge perceptions of hearing aids at CES 2020 this week with the world premiere of Phonak Virto Black, what the company describes as a “fully-connected in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid that combines the company’s popular Marvel hearing technology with the…
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Oticon Xceed and Oticon RemoteCare Snag CES 2020 Innovation Awards
SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY — The Consumer Electronics Association (CES) has named Oticon Xceed and Oticon RemoteCare as honorees in the CES 2020 Innovations Awards. The leading international awards program annually selects the best of the best in consumer electronics. Oticon Xceed, the world’s most powerful hearing aid, earned honors in the highly competitive Health & Wellness…
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Phonak Celebrates One Million Marvel Hearing Aids Fit
STAFA, SWITZERLAND – Phonak announced today that hearing care professionals around the world have fit one million Marvel hearing aids in only ten months. This makes Phonak Marvel the fastest product to reach the one million milestone in Phonak history and puts Marvel on track to be the company’s best-selling hearing aid of all time.…
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Oticon, Inc. Earns 2019 Learning! 100 Award for Exemplary Workforce Development
SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY – Oticon, Inc. has been honored as a 2019 Learning! 100 Award Winner, a global competition that recognizes companies for best-in-class learning and development programs. The Learning! 100 Award recognizes the top 100 global organizations across the public and private sectors for their best-in-class learning and development programs that drive organizational performance,…
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Oticon, Inc. Appoints Roger Peterson as New Vice President of Sales
SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY – Oticon, Inc. has announced the appointment of Roger Peterson as Vice President of Sales. In his new role, Peterson will be responsible for developing sales strategies, driving improvements and implementing best practices to deliver quality support and services to Oticon’s professional partners. Peterson joins Oticon with more than 32 years of highly…
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UPDATE: Demant Group IT Infrastructure Falls Victim to “Cyber Crime” Incident
According to a statement, the Demant Group “experienced a critical incident on our internal IT infrastructure on 3 September 2019”. The critical incident is being labeled as cyber-crime. The impact has affected various systems globally, with reports in both the US and Europe of communication systems down at times throughout the week. The company provided…
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Phonak Releases Marvel 2.0 Hearing Aids; Adds New Features and Form Factors
STAFA, SWITZERLAND — Phonak has introduced Marvel 2.0, the next generation of Marvel technology developed to give hearing aid wearers “even more hearing performance, more connectivity and more choice”. With Marvel 2.0, Phonak is making RogerDirect™ available to all Marvel hearing aids while also expanding Marvel technology to more form factors. The company says the…
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