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History
| 1940 |
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Sam Posen founds Beltone |
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| 1943 |
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Gerd Rosenstand founds Danavox |
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| 1977 |
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GN Store Nord acquires Danavox and later renames it to GN Danavox |
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| 1984 |
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Rodney Perkins founds ReSound Corporation |
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| 1989 |
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Wide Dynamic Range Compression (WDRC) is introduced, breaking
new ground for sound processing |
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| 1990 |
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GN Danavox acquires Madsen Electronics |
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| 1992 |
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GN Danavox introduces the first commercially available hearing instrument to use digital sound processing |
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| 1994 |
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ReSound Corporation acquires Viennatone |
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| 1996 |
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GN Danavox creates a revolutionary ergonomic BTE design that naturally
improves comfort, discretion and directional amplification |
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| 1996 |
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GN Danavox and ReSound form a strategic alliance, resulting in the
world’s first software-based digital hearing instruments |
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| 1999 |
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Beltone acquires the hearing-technology division of Royal Philips |
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| 1999 |
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GN ReSound acquires Danplex, which previously acquired Rastronics |
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| 1999 |
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GN Danavox’s parent company, GN Store Nord, purchases all outstanding
shares of ReSound and forms GN ReSound |
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| 2000 |
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GN Store Nord acquires Beltone |
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| 2000 |
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GN ReSound acquires Hortmann and ICS Medical |
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| 2001 |
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GN ReSound merges Madsen, Danplex, Rastronics, ICS Medical and Hortmann into a single company, GN Otometrics |
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| 2005 |
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GN ReSound acquires Interton |
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