Oticons History

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Oticons History
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Hans Demant, a representative of General
Acoustics, founds Oticon in 1904. He is inspired
by personal experience His wife is hearing
impaired, and he is determined to help her and
others like her.

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After Hans Demants death in 1910, his son
William continues the family business.
Hans Demant

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In the 1920s sales offices are opened in Oslo,
Malmö, Stockholm, Helsinki and Sankt Petersborg.
By 1930 the Oticon product range consists of
hearing aids, church hearing aids and hospital
systems, including patient radio receivers. Here
are some devices from the early century...

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By 1940, during the Second World War, Oticon is
employing 16 people. As a result of the German
trade blockade it becomes impossible to import
hearing aids from the US. William Demant starts
his own production in Copenhagen manufacturing an
exact copy of the Acousticon hearing aid. The
first true Oticon hearing aid - the Oticon model
TA - is introduced in 1946.

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The transistor is invented at Bell laboratories
in 1947, and in 1953 some of the first
transistorized hearing instruments are
introduced. This new development means a
fantastic improvement for people with hearing
loss. The Oticon T3 from 1953 is the first
transistorized instrument in Europe.

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In 1957, William Demant and his wife donate their
Oticon stock to a foundation called the William
Demant Ida Emilie Foundation, later also known
as the Oticon Foundation.

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The developments in hearing instrument technology
allows a number of revolutionary breakthroughs in
the past couple of years. Among them MultiFocus,
the first fully automatic hearing aid, DigiFocus,
the first fully digital hearing aid and Adapto,
the first hearing aid that understands people.

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Oticon is a truly international corporation.
Oticons hearing aids are sold in more than 100
countries to thousands of hearing impaired every
day. Over 2000 highly skilled people work for
Oticon around the world.

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Oticon is a truly international corporation.
Oticons hearing aids are sold in more than 100
countries to thousands of hearing impaired every
day. Over 2000 highly skilled people work for
Oticon around the world.

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At Oticons headquarter in Copenhagen the worlds
first knowledge-based spaghetti organization
was introduced in 1991 a flat, dynamic structure
well suited for the realization of ideas.
Combining extended research with result oriented
concurrent engineering allows Oticon to develop
its state-of-the-art hearing solutions.


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The essence of the organization is numerous
project groups involving people with various
backgrounds and skills, large open offices, an
advanced IT infrastructure and flexible employees
changing desks several times a year.

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Oticon is the only hearing instrument
manufacturer in the industry supporting its own
research facility. At Eriksholm, scientists from
different countries work together with more than
1000 test users to create the hearing-aid
solutions of tomorrow.

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At Eriksholm research is focused on solving the
biggest problems of hearing aid users today, such
as speech understanding in noisy surroundings.
Its international research team works closely
together with other acknowledged science centers
around the world.

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