Market
Amplifon announces growth of + 9,7 % for Q1 2018
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- Published on 09 May 2018
Financial
Amplifon started the year with a revenue increase of 9.7%, according to a statement released by the group in April 2018.
Hearing aid sales are steadily growing
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- Published on 04 May 2018
Figures
According to the annual global sales numbers released by EHIMA in May, its six members sold 15,05 million hearing aids in total in 2017.
Kate Carr new HIA President
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- Published on 03 May 2018
Nomination
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA) Board of Directors announced the appointment of Kate Carr as its next President, effective May 1, 2018.
Oticon's Opn miniRITE rechargeable and new ConnectClip: 2 new solutions to VA audiologists
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- Published on 02 May 2018
VA
Many hearing care professionals in the Veterans Affairs Administration have already experienced how Oticon Opn™ can bring the benefits of less effort, better recall and better speech understanding in noise to US Veterans and active duty military service personnel.
Andy Rihs 1942 - 2018
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- Published on 19 April 2018
Manufacturers
Andreas (Andy) Rihs, swiss business man, owner of BMC cycling and Young Boys football team, and chief protagonist in the early development of Phonak, has died at the age of 75.
New type of hearing test app from Germany
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- Published on 19 April 2018
App
Berlin-based company Mimi Hearing Technologies has developed a new type of hearing app to test the extent to which the user is not hearing 100%, reports Forbes magazine.
New partnership to develop a hearing screening mobile app
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- Published on 17 April 2018
App
The American Academy of Audiology (AAA) has teamed up with hearX group, an e-health start-up from South Africa, to launch the first-ever intensive hearing screening mobile app in the United States.
American hearing aid sales increase by 5.7% in Q1 2018
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- Published on 13 April 2018
Industry
Private sector sales increased by 7.2% and sales were stagnant (-0.5%) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), giving a total growth percentage of 5.7% for the first quarter of 2018 in the United States.
Amplifon recently hosted a Capital Markets Day to present its strategy
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- Published on 11 April 2018
Financial
The company hosted the Capital Markets Day at its headquarters in Milan, Italy on March 26 to announce its strategic pillars and financial targets for the 2018–2020 period.
Regulatory fast track for drug that targets chemotherapy-related hearing loss
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- Published on 05 April 2018
FDA
Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc., a small biotech operating from Durham, North Carolina, USA recently announced that it has been granted fast-track designation by the US FDA for its signature drug Pedmark (a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate), WRALTechWire reports.
