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2. History of hearing aids - Wikipedia

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   The first hearing aid was created in the 17th century. The movement toward modern hearing aids began with the creation of the telephone, and the first electric hearing aid was created in 1898. By the late 20th century, the digital hearing aid was distributed to the public commercially. Some of the first hearing aids were external hearing aids.

3. Demant - Wikipedia

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   During the 1990s, the company expanded further, buying the Swiss hearing aid manufacturer Bernafon, Phonic Ear, the headset manufacturer DanaCom and Interacoustics. In 1995, the company was listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. In 1997, it was decided to change the name of the company from Oticon Holding A/S to William Demant Holding A/S ...

4. Hearing aid - Wikipedia

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   The first hearing aids were ear trumpets, and were created in the 17th century. Some of the first hearing aids were external hearing aids. External hearing aids directed sounds in front of the ear and blocked all other noises. The apparatus would fit behind or in the ear.

5. List of free economic zones - Wikipedia

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   Terms include free port (porto Franco), free zone (zona franca), bonded area (US: foreign-trade zone), free economic zone, free-trade zone, export processing zone and maquiladora. Most commonly a free port is a special customs area or small customs territory with generally less strict customs regulations (or no customs duties or controls for ...

6. Oticon - Wikipedia

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   The company is a subsidiary of Demant A/S. It was founded in 1904 by Hans Demant, whose wife was hearing impaired. The company claims to be the world's second-largest manufacturer of hearing aids, and uses a management style known as "spaghetti organization" [1] [2] introduced by Lars Kolind [3] [4] [5] under his leadership between 1988 and ...

7. WS Audiology - Wikipedia

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   In 2004, the company created the world's first hearing aid in which right and left devices were synchronized and in 2008, the world's smallest receiver-in-canal hearing aid. [ 7 ] In 2015, Swedish private equity firm EQT bought Siemens Audiology Solutions for more than 2 billion euros and renamed the company Sivantos.

8. Widex - Wikipedia

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   The Danish company [3] was founded in 1956 by the Tøpholm and Westermann families, and is still owned by the relatives of the company’s original founders. The CEO of Widex is Jan Makela, who was appointed in July 2024. Widex hearing aids are sold in almost 100 countries and the company employs approximately 3,800 people around the world ...

9. Category:Hearing aid manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Companies that manufacture hearing aids. Pages in category "Hearing aid manufacturers" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.