The award was presented to the Bayats during the annual “So the World May Hear” Awards Gala on July 15, 2018. Previous recipients of the global humanitarian award include Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, and Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies will be expanding its research and development globally by establishing an advanced development center in Israel; the company closed the Starkey Hearing Research Center (SHRC) in Berkeley, Calif, in late June.
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The Expo brought 3,200 dispensing professionals and their guests—one of the largest congregations of hearing healthcare business owners in the world—from over 40 different countries for four days of learning, inspiration, and fun.
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Called Walgreens Hearing, the new outlets are unique to the marketplace because they are designed to create new business opportunities for existing dispensing offices to partner with Starkey and serve patients at Walgreens stores in their communities. Walgreens Hearing currently exist in two pilot stores that opened last month in the Minneapolis-St Paul market, with about six others opening in three other states, some by mid-April.
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Former Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka and former Sonion VP of sales Jeff Taylor were found guilty of multiple counts of fraud, while former VP of human resources Larry Miller and MicroTech founder Larry Hagen were found not guilty.
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As the trial of four former Starkey executives and associates winds down, the judge ruled on Monday that Starkey owner Bill Austin had perjured himself. Additionally, the defense has continued to target Starkey and bring to light unflattering details, contending that they are integral to the case and the reputability of the prosecution’s witnesses. Closing arguments in the trial are expected this week.
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Muse iQ Rechargeable was announced January 4 at Starkey’s Hearing Innovation Expo in Las Vegas and is now available to consumers through Starkey’s global network of hearing professionals and audiologists.
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The trial that pits federal prosecutors and Starkey Hearing Technologies against the company’s former employees and associates—former President Jerry Ruzicka, former human resources manager Larry Miller, former Sonus US senior executive Jeff Taylor, and MicroTech founder Larry Hagen—got off to a contentious start on Wednesday, January 17.
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SoundLens Synergy iQ was selected as a 2018 Edison Award nominee for its technology that was designed to enhance the auditory sense of externalization, localization, and presence, which Starkey describes as “key” to discerning environmental context and the emotional impact of sounds.
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Former Starkey CFO Scott Nelson, who was fired from Starkey on September 9, 2015 with several prominent company executives including former President Jerry Ruzicka, has pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy in a plea agreement with the US attorney’s office. The criminal trial that includes Ruzicka and co-defendents is slated for January 19.
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The Starkey Hearing Institute opened in 2016, with the mission to train hearing healthcare workers to address the urgent need for professionals who can provide quality care to people around Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The building, known as the Starkey Market Development Centre (MDC), will be home to 65 staff members, an in-house hearing clinic, and an innovation center for customers, scientists, researchers, press, visitors, and other guests.
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In addition to their efforts to combat and cure hearing loss, the combined Bayat-Starkey Teams were also said to provide critical hearing care and after-care services to other patients.
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From October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017, Spectrum Brands committed to donate 25 cents of each sale of Rayovac hearing aid batteries to Starkey Hearing Foundation, which gives hearing aids and hearing healthcare services to people in need around the world.
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Starkey® Germany will showcase the Halo® 2, SoundLens® Synergy®, and Muse™ hearing aids and offer a first look at its Acuity™ Immersion technology at EUHA 2017.
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