Oticon Opn™ captured two Gold Stevie Awards in the 15th Annual American Business Awards, Oticon announced. The world’s reportedly first Internet-connected hearing aid earned top honors in the Consumer Electronics and Health & Pharmaceutical categories. The two Gold Stevie Awards bring to seven the number of national and international awards won by Oticon Opn in 2017. Additional honors include a Gold 2017 Edison Award, 2017 CES Innovation Awards in the Tech for a Better World and Wearables categories, a 2017 Red Dot Award, and a 2017 MarCom Award.
Accepting the awards at the Gala, Oticon Executive Director Rasmus Borsting recognized the Oticon teams around the world that contributed to creating Opn, the world’s first Internet-connected hearing aid. “Oticon will continue to build on the innovation at the core of Opn to bring the revolutionary open sound experience and the many possibilities of the Internet of Things to even more people,” he told the audience of more than 550 industry leaders and guests.
It’s been said that judging panels have singled out Opn for outstanding innovation, product quality, and human-centered design in awards competitions that include cutting-edge products from leading US and international companies, according to Oticon. More than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in this year’s American Business Awards competition.
Oticon continues to build on the paradigm-shifting innovation at the core of Opn to bring the revolutionary open sound experience and the almost limitless possibilities of the Internet of Things to even more people with hearing loss.
Source: Oticon
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