Amplifon to Acquire GN Hearing in $2.6 Billion Deal
The acquisition aims to create a vertically integrated audiology company by combining GN’s manufacturing and R&D with Amplifon’s global retail network.
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GN Donates to Scholarship Fund During Black History Month
GN is donating a portion of proceeds from its top-level hearing aids sold in the U.S. in February to the GN Hearing Scholarship fund.
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GN Hearing & Soundly Present ‘World of Sound’ Art Project
GN Hearing and Soundly have partnered on the "World of Sound" digital art project to promote awareness on hearing health and protection, aimed to create a more informed public around the importance of hearing health through visual representations of sound.
GN Hearing Launches ReSound Omnia
GN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound Omnia – a new hearing aid platform that will “set a new standard in hearing technology and improve how people interact with the world around them.” According to the company, ReSound Omnia provides “significantly better hearing in noisy environments than any previous ReSound hearing aid.”
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GN Hearing Launches Custom Made by ReSound Hearing Aids
According to the company, these hearing aids provide “all day use, streaming from iPhone and iPad or Android smartphones, and comfort with superior sound quality, in a stylish design.” Custom made by ReSound hearing aids offer “medical-grade, customized, full-time hearing support and care,” whereas the recently launched Jabra Enhance Plus is intended for “people needing occasional hearing support.”
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Beltone Held 2022 National Meeting May 19-21
The theme of this year’s three-day event was centered around being “Independent Together” to celebrate the collaboration and achievements of Beltone’s independent network of businesses.
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GN Releases 2022 Interim Report Q1
GN announced its 2022 Interim Report Q1, which includes results from GN Store Nord, GN Audio, and GN Hearing.
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Hearing Care M&As Heat Up Again
Mergers and acquisitions came back strong in 2021 after the pandemic, and M&As have started strong in 2022.
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Hearing Aid Shipments to Russia Disrupted Due to Invasion of Ukraine
An article in MedWatch today notes the disruptions in trading created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here are some quotes from hearing aid manufacturers and their chief executives on the situation.
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CES 2022 and OTC Hearing Aids
Wireless earbuds and innovative audio solutions were one of the predominant themes of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Here are HR Editor Karl Strom’s three takeaways from CES2022 regarding innovation and the upcoming OTC hearing aid category.
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GN Hearing Releases ReSound One BTE Models
GN Hearing announced the launch of the ReSound ONE Behind-the-Ear models — hearing aids said to “provide clarity in sound and convenient hands-free phone and FaceTime calls from iPhone and iPad.”
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GN Hearing to Donate to Scholarship Fund in February
GN Hearing announced that it will donate $5 to the GN Hearing Scholarship for every ReSound ONE, Beltone Imagine, and Audigy AGX hearing aid sold in February, Black History Month.
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GN Hearing Acquires Online Hearing Care Provider Lively
GN Hearing has acquired a controlling interest in online hearing care provider Lively, obtaining a 91% ownership stake in the company for $94.8 million.
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ReSound ONE Hearing Aids to Offer Hands-free Calling
ReSound ONE users will be able to answer calls with a tap on their hearing aids and enjoy conversations with “outstanding sound quality — all without ever having to take their device out of their pocket,” according to the company’s announcement.
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GN Hearing Scholarship Winners Announced
GN Hearing announced that Shamine Alves and Darchayla Lewis have been named the first recipients of the GN Hearing Scholarship. Both are seniors pursuing degrees at Hampton University in Virginia in the Communicative Sciences and Disorders program.
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GN to Purchase SteelSeries, Take Billion-dollar Leap into Gaming
GN reports it has signed an agreement to acquire SteelSeries, a global e-gaming gear developer for a total purchase price of $1.24 billion (DKK 8.0 billion) in cash. The purchase brings the company’s Audio division squarely into the gaming market in competition with companies like Logitech, HyperX (HP), and Razer.
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GN Hearing to Delay Key 2021 Product Launches, Restructure R&D
GN Hearing, the parent company of ReSound and Beltone, announced in a profit warning that it is experiencing delays in product development deliverables leading to postponement of key product launches planned for H2 2021. The company has decided to initiate a transformation of R&D with the objective to increase quality, predictability of delivery times, and R&D efficiency.
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Hearing Tracker Releases ‘2021 Hearing Industry Map’
The 2021 Edition of the Map is the latest in a longstanding series of diagrams that illuminates the hidden connections between hearing aid manufacturers and their subsidiaries.
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