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Panasonic hearing aids come to America SECAUCUS, NJ—Panasonic Corporation of North America (www.panasonic.com/hearing) has begun delivering Panasonic hearing instruments to this country. The company is debuting three types of digital hearing aids: The JZ Series is a digital line that looks like an MP3 player. The palm-sized unit features an LCD screen and a stereo binaural headset (earphone with microphones). The 4-Series, a receiver-in-canal (RIC) instrument, is the smallest of the three new lines. The RIC provides an open-fit solution for patients with mild to moderately severe hearing loss. The Panasonic 2-Series is a standard BTE designed for moderate to severe hearing loss. Panasonic is now establishing a distribution network throughout the U.S. Delain Wright, director of sales for the Panasonic North America, Healthcare Group, said, “We are planning a widespread rollout working with customers who embrace our vision for the hearing care business.”FigureAnother award for Audigy VANCOUVER, WA—Audigy Group (www.audigygroup.com), a hearing care management company provider, achieved Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000, placing 863. In 2009, Audigy Group was ranked 223rd in Inc.'s “500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.” The Portland Business Journal ranked Audigy Group as the fastest-growing Oregon and SW Washington private company in its 2008 “100 Fastest Growing Private Companies” awards ceremony, and placed it 16th in 2009, and 19th in 2010. Chris Roberts, CFO of Audigy Group, was honored as The Portland Business Journal's 2009 CFO of the Year for small companies. Unitron expands into India KITCHENER, ON—Unitron has opened an office in Mumbai, India, to serve one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The Unitron India team, led by Rakesh Ojha, the managing director, will manage the distribution of Unitron products and services in India. Prior to joining Unitron, Ojha was managing director of Elkon, an Indian audiology equipment/hearing aid manufacturer.FigureOticon, Inc. buys a new home SOMERSET, NJ—Oticon, Inc. has purchased a 162,000-square-foot office building that will enable the company to move its administrative offices and laboratory facilities to one central location. Recently, the continued growth in work force and operations at headquarters has required the company to occupy two locations in Somerset. The newly purchased five-story office complex is also in Somerset, less than a mile from the current headquarters buildings. The new location is nearly three times the size of Oticon's current headquarters and is situated on approximately 9 acres in a corporate setting. Renovation will begin this fall and is expected to be done next summer.FigureOticon holds pediatric conferences, camps More than 300 hearing care professionals from hospital, educational, and private-practice settings attended the 2010 Oticon (www.oticonusa.com) Pediatrics Conferences held at Disney resorts in Orlando and Anaheim. The 3-day conferences focused on improving outcomes for special pediatric populations and featured sessions with experts in the care and management of special pediatric populations. “We are committed to making it easier to help children with hearing loss achieve their full potential,” said George Lindley, PhD, AuD, manager, Oticon Pediatrics. “Our conference aimed to help improve outcomes for special pediatric populations by giving hearing professionals the opportunity to learn from experts from across the country.” Summer camps in Colorado and Denmark Audiology graduate students and recent graduates participated in two Oticon summer camps that combined seminars, discussions, and workshops with opportunities to get to know leading researchers, experienced practitioners, Oticon staff, and other new hearing care professionals. At the eighth summer camp held on the grounds of the Eriksholm Research Centre in Denmark, 56 new audiologists from 27 countries, including four Americans, participated in a 3-day educational event sponsored by the Oticon Foundation. In Keystone, CO, 99 audiology graduate students from 39 U.S. universities joined guest faculty and Oticon staff for the 13th Oticon Summer Camp, a 6-day program that focused on the human side of the fitting process. Don Schum, PhD, Oticon's vice-president of audiology and professional relations, developed the U.S. summer camp program.

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