| Year |
Milestone |
| 1943 |
Gerd Rosenstand founds Danavox |
| 1947 |
Danavox introduces its first hearing instrument |
| 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 instrument to use digital sound processing |
| 1994 |
ReSound Corporation acquires Viennatone |
| 1996 |
GN Danavox creates a revolutionary ergonomic BTE 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 instruments |
| 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 instrument, represents a radical improvement in both size and performance |
| 2008 |
be by ReSound, the first hearing aid in the new Remote Microphone Technology category, is introduced. be by ReSound is virtually invisible on the ear.
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| 2009 |
ReSound revolutionizes the concept of directionality - with no trade-off between optimal audibility and sound quality and comfort - when introducing Surround Sound by ReSound. Surround Sound by ReSound powers an entirely new product portfolio in the form of ReSound Live and dot2 by ReSound. |
| 2010 |
Launch of ReSound Alera™; A smart, robust hearing aid, using the powerful 2.4 GHz wireless technology, enabling it to connect to the wireless ReSound Unite™ wireless accessories and ReSound Airlink™, used for wireless fitting. ReSound Alera™ is also the first hearing aid built on the ReSound Range™ chip and hereby using it's extraordinary processing power, enabling Alera to offer an improved Surround Sound by ReSound |