Four of the five prominent hearing industry executives, accused in a recent indictment of defrauding Starkey Hearing Technologies and the company’s owner William (Bill) Austin, have pleaded not guilty. A trial has been tentatively set for December 19, 2016, but may be delayed into 2017.
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The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Starkey Hearing Technologies as a finalist in the Healthcare-Established category of the 2016 Tekne Awards for the Halo 2 Made for iPhone hearing aid.
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Five prominent hearing industry executives have been indicted for conspiring to steal more than $20 million from Starkey Hearing Technologies, including former Starkey executives Jerry Ruzicka, Scott Nelson, and Larry Miller, as well as former Sonion President Jeff Taylor and Micro-Tech Founder Larry Hagen.
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Starkey announces the success of its Synergy® platform, which is driven by its quad core twin compressor technology and powers the company’s Muse™ wireless hearing aids. Starkey also announces the launch of the Muse BTE 13 hearing aid, particularly suitable for music lovers.
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Starkey reports on an exciting last few months with its Halo 2 Made for iPhone hearing aid, which has earned recognition from Inc. magazine, the American Business Association, and now a Gold Product Design Award from The Spark 10th Annual International Awards.
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In the 14th Annual American Business Awards competition, Starkey’s Halo 2 hearing aid received a Bronze Stevie Award in the category of Technical Innovation of the Year for using mobile technology to create a smart solution for people with hearing loss.
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Starkey announced activities to help raise awareness of better hearing in May, which is Better Hearing and Speech Month, and is encouraging people to follow them on social media through the month to learn more about hearing loss and hearing technologies.
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Starkey released a new group of hearing solutions, powered by a new platform and the Acuity OS operating system. The “Made for Life” launch includes Halo 2 Made for iPhone hearing aids; Muse hearing aids, and the SoundLens Synergy wireless platform.
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The rumors about Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eden Prairie, Minn, purchasing Audigy Group, Vancouver, Wash, are untrue, according to both companies.
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About 3,200 practice owners and industry guests attended the third biennial Starkey Hearing Innovations Expo in Las Vegas on January 20-23 where they were treated to information from Presidents Clinton and Bush, stars from the hit TV series Shark Tank, Magic Johnson, Ben Affleck, several bestselling authors, as well as some of the field’s best researchers.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies has announced it is joining forces with Bragi, maker of The Dash, to transform hearable and wearable technology. Starkey CMO Chris McCormick announced strategic partnerships with Bragi and Satjiv Chahil, Silicon Valley marketing pioneer, at the 2016 Hearing Innovation Expo, Jan. 20-24.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies’ former president Jerry Ruzicka has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company. Starkey says that Ruzicka is the person who is under investigation by the FBI and IRS, not the company.
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Audigy Group announced that many of its members joined the Starkey Hearing Foundation on a December 2015 mission to Haiti that brought better hearing to people in five cities: Gonaïves, Saint-Marc, Croix-des-Bouquets, Port-au-Prince, and Jacmel. A surgery clinic is being built in Jacmel with the help of Audigy Group’s sponsorship.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies is not the subject of any FBI investigation, and the company briefed staff members on Friday, saying “as much as was legally possible about an ongoing Federal investigation” that allegedly centers on one or more of the recently fired top executives.
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Some market analysts have become infatuated with the recent turmoil at Starkey Hearing Technologies—and the possibility that the company could become even more of an acquisition target. Here’s our take.
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