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The hearing aid contained a body-worn processor that had a hardwire connection with an ear mounted transducer. While the Nicolet Corporation's hearing aid was not publicly successful and the company shortly folded, it was able to start a competition among hearing aid manufacturers to create more effective full digital hearing aids.
Hearing aids are used for a variety of pathologies including sensorineural hearing loss, conductive hearing loss, and single-sided deafness. Hearing aid candidacy was traditionally determined by a Doctor of Audiology, or a certified hearing specialist, who will also fit the device based on the nature and degree of the hearing loss being treated.
The company was a leader in the hearing aid industry until multiple buyouts ending in 1970 led to the abandonment of the manufacturing plant. [2] It was temporarily revived in 1987 but had closed again by 2005. Notable models of Sonotone hearing aids include the Sonotone 1010 in 1952 with a transistor and two vacuum tubes. [3]
Sonotone 1010 in case, with headphones. The Sonotone 1010 hearing aid was introduced on 29 December 1952. It was the first commercial product to use transistors, which had been invented five years earlier in 1947.
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The Beltone Hearing Care Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was established in 2014 with the stated intent of donating hearing instruments to those in need. [1] In North America, Beltone has over 1500 independently owned "hearing care centers". Beltone provides hearing screenings, hearing aid fittings and follow-up care for patients.
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 1998. [6] [7] [8]