Profile:

OTICON is part of the William Demant Holding (WDH) Group (www.demant.com), a leading international hearing health care company within hearing instruments, audiometric equipment, and personal communication. The WDH group employs 4500 people and has had a net revenue of 4303 million DKK and a gross profit of 2859 million DKK in 2004. OTICON develops, manufactures, and sells innovative technologically advanced solutions for the hearing impaired. These solutions are characterized by a high degree of miniaturization and integration of microelectronic and micromechanical components, as well as their wireless, signal processing, and acoustical capabilities. Almost all the electronic circuits for the hearing instruments are designed in-house. OTICON houses also the central R&D of the WDH group, which includes the companies Phonic Ear, providing wireless communication systems and assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired, and Sennheiser Communications offering headsets for professional users.  

Role:

OTICON will implement a demonstrator representing an assistive listening device in WP7. OTICON expects to apply results from WP1 and WP2 on the system level as well as technical results from WP4 (ultra-low power radio & rechargeable battery) and WP5 (intelligent acoustic user interface).