Sonovation develops a full spectrum of hearing technologies for hearing-challenged individuals of all ages. When the founders of Sonovation first started the hearing technologies company in 1990, they did so to create solutions that addressed
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Sounding the call to meet the increasingly diverse needs of the hearing health care market. Jerry Ruzicka The hearing instrument market is constantly evolving and shifting—in terms of those who are hard of hearing and the products that a
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Rayovac grows from an idea born at a kitchen table to part of a multibillion-dollar corporation by sticking to what it does best. Always curious to find out what the hearing aid market is thinking, Tom Begley, director of sales at Rayovac, lo
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As this issue of Hearing Products Report arrives in mailboxes and on our Web site (www.hearingproductsreport.com, the hearing health care field prepares for one of its biggest annual conventions, AudiologyNOW!, presented by the American Academy
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Unimpressed with the hearing instruments he saw on the market in the 1980s, Roger Juneau set out to change the industry. Harahan, La, is just a spit away from downtown New Orleans. The small town of about 10,000 inhabitants is only 10 miles fr
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Despite whatever Mother Nature throws their way, Enhanced Listening Technologies Corp and Connections Unlimited Inc survive and thrive. Hearing Products Report recently spoke with Ted Simons, president and CEO of Enhanced Listening Technologies
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An industry expert shares the steps required to build and keep business from going elsewhere. Assistive listening devices (ALDs) can be found in almost any environment nowadays. The Home & Garden Television (HGTV) show I Want That! recentl
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Sy Kessler Sales Inc introduces a new, Swiss-manufactured, long-lasting battery to the US hearing aid market Probably the key component of a hearing instrument is the most utilitarian: the battery. But without it, the high-tech device is nothi
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A new year brings with it thoughts of the many “new” possibilities that can come with it. Various technological advances burst onto the hearing health care scene in 2005, and 2006 appears poised to usher in even more. One of the bigges
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Starkey Laboratories’ continued commitment to innovation has resulted in a new on-the-ear hearing instrument. Starkey Laboratories’ latest industry first was conceived with Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka’s desire to capitalize
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“Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today, Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today, And don’t worry ’bout tomorrow, hey.” —Lyrics from “Let’s Live for Today,” the Grass Roots, 1967 Living for the moment was
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More than a half century ago, now the globally successful hearing instrument company was, literally, born in the basement of its cofounder Mas Harada. Michael Eckert Hearing Products Report recently had the opportunity to discuss the business m
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Family-owned and operated Insta-Mold Products Inc continues to thrive and expand its influence in the hearing protection arena under the direction of a second generation of owners. When Sydney Gurschkov went into semiretirement a few years ago
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Vivosonic Inc creates products to make life a little easier for diagnostic clinicians. Before Vivosonic grew to become a developer and manufacturer of novel audiological medical devices, the Toronto-based company was simply a research project.
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