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'''Oticon''' is a [[hearing aid]] manufacturer based in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark. It was founded in 1904 by Hans Demant, whose wife was [[hearing impairment|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"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Strategy/BSTR318.htm |title=Oticon A/S: Spaghetti Organization and Beyond |author= |date= |work= |publisher=IBS Center for Management Research |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hbr.org/product/revolution-at-oticon-a-s-the-spaghetti-organizatio/an/IMD083-PDF-ENG |title=Case Study: Revolution at Oticon A/S: The Spaghetti Organization (Condensed) |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Harvard Business Review |accessdate=10 September 2012}}</ref> introduced by [[Lars Kolind]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peters |first1=Tom |title=Liberation Management |location=United States |publisher=Ballantine Books |date=January 1994 |page=[https://archive.org/details/liberationmanage00pete/page/880 880] |isbn=0-449-90888-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/liberationmanage00pete/page/880 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-08-06/denmarks-masters-of-e-mail-marketingbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice |title=Denmark's Masters of E-Mail Marketing |author=Ewing, Jack |date=6 August 2007 |work= |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Poulsen |first1=Per Thygesen |title=Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon |location=Denmark |publisher=Schultz Erhvervsbøger |year=1993 | page=174 |month= |isbn=87-569-7920-7}}</ref> under his leadership between 1988 and 1998.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/T%C3%A6nk_det_ut%C3%A6nkelige.html?id=MOwZygAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |title = Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Google Books |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kolindkuren.dk/2008/07/23/t%C3%A6nk-det-ut%C3%A6nkelige/ |title=Think the Unthinkable (in Danish: Tænk det utænkelige!) |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Kolind Kuren |accessdate=12 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Morsing |first1=Mette |last2=Eiberg |first2=Kristian |title=Managing the Unmanageable for a Decade |location=Denmark |publisher=Oticon A/S |year=1998 |page=244 |month= |isbn=}}</ref> The company is a [[subsidiary]] of the [[William Demant| Demant Group]].
'''Oticon''' is a [[hearing aid]] manufacturer based in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark. The company is a subsidiary of the [[William Demant|Demant Group]]. It was founded in 1904 by Hans Demant, whose wife was [[hearing impairment|hearing impaired]]. The company claims to be the world's second-largest manufacturer of [[Hearing aid|hearing aids]], and uses a [[management style]] known as "spaghetti organization"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oticon A/S: Spaghetti Organization and Beyond |url=http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Strategy/BSTR318.htm |access-date=12 September 2012 |publisher=IBS Center for Management Research}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Case Study: Revolution at Oticon A/S: The Spaghetti Organization (Condensed) |url=http://hbr.org/product/revolution-at-oticon-a-s-the-spaghetti-organizatio/an/IMD083-PDF-ENG |access-date=10 September 2012 |publisher=Harvard Business Review}}</ref> introduced by [[Lars Kolind]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Peters |first=Tom |url=https://archive.org/details/liberationmanage00pete/page/880 |title=Liberation Management |date=January 1994 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0-449-90888-7 |location=United States |page=[https://archive.org/details/liberationmanage00pete/page/880 880] |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ewing, Jack |date=6 August 2007 |title=Denmark's Masters of E-Mail Marketing |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-08-06/denmarks-masters-of-e-mail-marketingbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709221600/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-08-06/denmarks-masters-of-e-mail-marketingbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |access-date=12 September 2012 |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Poulsen |first=Per Thygesen |title=Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon |publisher=Schultz Erhvervsbøger |year=1993 |isbn=87-569-7920-7 |location=Denmark |page=174}}</ref> under his leadership between 1988 and 1998.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOwZygAACAAJ |title=Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon |year=1993 |isbn=9788756979207 |access-date=12 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Think the Unthinkable (in Danish: Tænk det utænkelige!) |url=http://kolindkuren.dk/2008/07/23/t%C3%A6nk-det-ut%C3%A6nkelige/ |access-date=12 September 2012 |publisher=Kolind Kuren}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Morsing |first=Mette |title=Managing the Unmanageable for a Decade |last2=Eiberg |first2=Kristian |publisher=Oticon A/S |year=1998 |location=Denmark |page=244}}</ref>


Oticon has branches in several countries, including a production plant in [[Poland]], with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.<ref name="Oticon Employees">{{cite web|url=https://www.apexhearing.co.uk/hearing-aids/ | title=Oticon Hearing Aids |publisher=[[Apex Hearing]] |accessdate=2014-05-06}}</ref>
Oticon has branches in several countries, including a production plant in [[Poland]], with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.<ref name="Oticon Employees">{{Cite web |title=Oticon Hearing Aids |url=https://www.apexhearing.co.uk/hearing-aids/ |access-date=6 May 2014 |publisher=Apex Hearing}}</ref>
[[File:Intra aural hearing aid Wellcome L0065955.jpg|thumb|upright|Oticon hearing aid]]


== Oticon Medical ==
In 2016 Oticon launched what they claim to be the world's first internet-connected hearing aid, called the Oticon Opn. The company employs an "open sound" approach designed to manage multiple speech and noise sources, even in complex listening situations. The company says the new OpenSound Navigator scans the environment 100 times per second to analyze and balance every sound individually. Environmental sounds are said to be accessible, but not disturbing.<ref>http://www.hearingreview.com/2016/04/oticons-new-hearing-aid-takes-open-sound-approach/</ref>
Oticon Medical is a sister company of Oticon, both being subsidiaries of the Demant Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oticon Medical – A company founded on care |url=https://earcommunity.org/oticon-medical-a-company-founded-on-care/658378/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=earcommunity.org}}</ref> Whereas Oticon specialises in hearing aids, Oticon Medical specialises in hearing implants and released its first products in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.demant.com/about/our-history |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.demant.com |language=en}}</ref> The company's Ponto bone conduction implant is now in its fifth generation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oticon Medical bone-anchored hearing devices |url=https://www.healthyhearing.com/oticon-medical-hearing-implants |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Healthy Hearing |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2013, Oticon Medical acquired [[Demant|Neurelec]], a French producer of cochlear implants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Apr 2 |last2=Ear |first2=2013 {{!}} Behind the |last3=Implants |first3=Cochlear |last4=News {{!}} 0 {{!}} |first4=Industry |date=2013-04-02 |title=William Demant Acquires Neurelec, a French Manufacturer of Cochlear Implants |url=https://hearingreview.com/hearing-products/implants-bone-conduction/cochlear-implants/william-demant-acquires-neurelec-a-french-manufacturer-of-cochlear-implants |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=The Hearing Review |language=en-US}}</ref> Using the acquired technology, the company developed its own Neuro cochlear implant system, which received FDA approval in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-24 |title=FDA approves Oticon Medical's Neuro cochlear implant system |url=https://www.massdevice.com/fda-approves-oticon-medicals-neuro-cochlear-implant-system/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=MassDevice |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also ==

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In April 2022, Demant announced it had agreed to sell Oticon Medical to Australian company [[Cochlear Limited]] for DKK850 million and would exit the hearing implant business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ogg |first=Matt |date=2022-04-27 |title=Cochlear to acquire loss-making Oticon Medical for $170 million |url=https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/cochlear-to-acquire-loss-making-oticon-medical-for--170-million.html |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Business News Australia}}</ref>
* [[William Demant]]

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* [http://www.oticon.global/ Oticon's official website]
* [http://www.oticon.global/ Oticon's official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110810175821/http://www.oticonnhs.co.uk/ Oticon's official UK site for NHS (Oticon NHS)], which includes information and training resources for NHS hearing care professionals and the general public
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110810175821/http://www.oticonnhs.co.uk/ Oticon's official UK site for NHS (Oticon NHS)], which includes information and training resources for NHS hearing care professionals and the general public
* [http://www.oticon.global/about/history The history of Oticon]
* https://audifonosdigitales.net/oticon-historia-modelos-audifonos/


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Oticon
Gegründet1904
GründerHans Demant
Hauptsitz
Smørum, Egedal
,
Dänemark
ProdukteHearing aids
Number of employees
3000+
ParentWilliam Demant Holding Group

Oticon is a hearing aid manufacturer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company is a subsidiary of the Demant Group. 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]

Oticon has branches in several countries, including a production plant in Poland, with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.[9]

Oticon hearing aid

Oticon Medical

Oticon Medical is a sister company of Oticon, both being subsidiaries of the Demant Group.[10] Whereas Oticon specialises in hearing aids, Oticon Medical specialises in hearing implants and released its first products in 2009.[11] The company's Ponto bone conduction implant is now in its fifth generation.[12]

In 2013, Oticon Medical acquired Neurelec, a French producer of cochlear implants.[13] Using the acquired technology, the company developed its own Neuro cochlear implant system, which received FDA approval in 2021.[14]

In April 2022, Demant announced it had agreed to sell Oticon Medical to Australian company Cochlear Limited for DKK850 million and would exit the hearing implant business.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Oticon A/S: Spaghetti Organization and Beyond". IBS Center for Management Research. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Case Study: Revolution at Oticon A/S: The Spaghetti Organization (Condensed)". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ^ Peters, Tom (January 1994). Liberation Management. United States: Ballantine Books. p. 880. ISBN 0-449-90888-7.
  4. ^ Ewing, Jack (6 August 2007). "Denmark's Masters of E-Mail Marketing". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. ^ Poulsen, Per Thygesen (1993). Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon. Denmark: Schultz Erhvervsbøger. p. 174. ISBN 87-569-7920-7.
  6. ^ Tænk det utænkelige: Revolutionen i Oticon. 1993. ISBN 9788756979207. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Think the Unthinkable (in Danish: Tænk det utænkelige!)". Kolind Kuren. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  8. ^ Morsing, Mette; Eiberg, Kristian (1998). Managing the Unmanageable for a Decade. Denmark: Oticon A/S. p. 244.
  9. ^ "Oticon Hearing Aids". Apex Hearing. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Oticon Medical – A company founded on care". earcommunity.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Our history". www.demant.com. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Oticon Medical bone-anchored hearing devices". Healthy Hearing. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  13. ^ Apr 2; Ear, 2013 | Behind the; Implants, Cochlear; News | 0 |, Industry (2 April 2013). "William Demant Acquires Neurelec, a French Manufacturer of Cochlear Implants". The Hearing Review. Retrieved 24 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "FDA approves Oticon Medical's Neuro cochlear implant system". MassDevice. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  15. ^ Ogg, Matt (27 April 2022). "Cochlear to acquire loss-making Oticon Medical for $170 million". Business News Australia. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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