Former Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka was sentenced to 7 years in prison, while Ruzicka’s friend and business associate, Jeff Taylor, former president of Sonion, received an 18-month sentence. Former Starkey CFO Scott Nelson was sentenced to 24 months in prison, while Jeff Longtain, former president of Starkey subsidiary Northland Hearing, was given one year of probation.
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Starkey has released its new Fall Detection and Alert feature in Livio AI hearing aids to a limited number of hearing professionals, and plans to offer the feature to all dispensing professionals and their clients in late February. Using integrated sensors, the Fall Detection and Alert feature is designed to automatically detect falls and send messages to as many as three contacts.
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Federal prosecutors have recommended prison terms of 15-20 years for former Starkey President Jerry Ruzicka and 7-9 years for former Sonion VP of Sales Jeff Taylor for their role in defrauding Starkey Laboratories of more than $20 million. Sentencing commences for Ruzicka and Taylor on Wednesday, December 19, and a day later for former Starkey CFO Scott Nelson and former Northland Hearing executive Jeff Longtain.
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Livio AI interfaces with a brand-new mobile app — Thrive™ Hearing and three new wireless accessories—the Starkey Hearing Technologies TV, the Remote, and the Remote Microphone +.
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The new Livio AI hearing aid contains several firsts and is designed as a multi-functional device, or what Starkey is calling a “Healthable” hearing technology. In addition to hearing-related technology improvements, new features include fall-detection and inertial sensors, fitness and wellness tracking, a real-time language translator, and the ability to control the aid by just tapping it. The “ecosystem” that makes up the the new device is said to revolve around artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, cloud computing, embedded 3D motion sensors, telehealth, language translation, fall detection and alerts, and hearing aid accessories.
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The launch also includes a brand-new mobile app—Thrive™ Hearing—and three new wireless accessories, the Starkey Hearing Technologies TV, the Remote, and the Remote Microphone +. With the Remote Micorophone+, Livio AI is also the first hearing aid to feature Amazon® Alexa connectivity.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies has provided a video for a glimpse at its upcoming Livio AI hearing aid that will reportedly include sensors and artificial intelligence. The new device is scheduled to launch on August 27.
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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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