Widex A/S is the world’s sixth largest

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manufacturer. In close collaboration with international audiological researchers and specialists, the company has developed a wide range of digital hearing aids. They introduced the world's first commercially available 100% digital in-the-ear hearing aid in 1995 based on the research model developed by Oticon that same year. The Danish company was founded in 1956 by the Tøpholm and Westermann families, and is still owned by the relatives of the company’s original founders. The president and CEO of Widex is Eric Bernard, who was appointed in September 2019. Widex hearing aids are sold in almost 100 countries and the company employs approximately 3,800 people around the world. Widex’s new headquarters are located in

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, north of

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. The new headquarters use groundwater for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Widex also placed an energy-generating wind turbine beside the building. In 2018, Widex and

Sivantos WS Audiology (formerly Sivantos Group and Widex) is a privately-owned manufacturer of hearing aids with headquarters in Denmark and Singapore with roots going back to 1878 and Siemens AG. The current company was created following the 2019 merger ...

(which owns Signia, Rexton, TruHearing, Audibene, HearUSA and Hear.com) announced an $8B merger, creating the 3rd largest hearing conglomerate in the world. Widex also launched its newest product, Widex Evoke, which is the first hearing aid to incorporate

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technology. Since March 1, 2019 Widex has been part of WS Audiology, a company formed that day through the combination of Singapore-headquartered former

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owned (until 2015)

with Lynge/Denmark-based Widex. In 2020 Widex introduced the smallest (RIC) rechargeable lithium-ion hearing aid on the market: Widex Moment.

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Official Widex Website

Official Widex Online Hearing Test

Widex Pro Website
Hearing aid manufacturers Medical technology companies of Denmark Technology companies based in Copenhagen Danish brands Companies based in Allerød Municipality Danish companies established in 1956 {{Denmark-company-stub

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