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The ReSound history 

ReSound's history dates back to 1943. Since then, ReSound has been a dominant player in the hearing aid industry.

Below, you can see the most important milestones.

 



Year Milestone
1943 Gerd Rosenstand founds Danavox
1947 Danavox introduces its first hearing aids
1977 GN Store Nord acquires Danavox and later renames it GN Danavox
1984 Rodney Perkins founds ReSound Corporation
1989 Wide Dynamic Range Compression (WDRC) is introduced, breaking new ground for sound processing
1992 GN Danavox introduces the first commercially available hearing aids to use digital sound processing
1994 ReSound Corporation acquires Viennatone
1996 GN Danavox creates a revolutionary ergonomic BTE hearing aids design that naturally improves comfort, discretion and directional amplification
1996 GN Danavox and ReSound form a strategic alliance, resulting in the world’s first software-based digital hearing aids
1999 GN ReSound acquires Danplex, which had previously been acquired by Rastronics
1999 GN Danavox’s parent company, GN Store Nord, purchases all outstanding shares of ReSound and ReSound becomes part of the GN ReSound Group
2003 ReSound Air is introduced, providing top sound quality without blocking the ear canal for the very first time
2008 dot by ReSound, the world’s smallest hearing aids, represent a radical improvement in both size and performance
2008 be by ReSound, the first hearing aids in the new Remote Microphone Technology category, is introduced. be by ReSound is virtually invisible on the ear.