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Unitron rep Leon cycles across the US for charity

May 6th, 2012 by Paul Minikin

Unitron UK’s regional manager Leon Cox is tackling a gruelling 3000 mile coast to coast bike ride from Los Angeles to New York in aid of the audiology department of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

Leon aims to pedal around 150 miles a day over a month, with a few rest days in between. He will take in a very diverse terrain and many states, including California, Arizona, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New Jersey before finishing in New York City.

Leon is going solo, without the help of a support vehicle, working out his own navigation himself, and combining camping and motel accommodation, and doing a lot of his own camping.

Leon started his epic journey on 30th April and you can keep track of his journey across America by following the Unitron twitter feed @unitron_hearing

Leon is hoping to raise £5000, you can sponsor him (and it would seem churlish not to!) by visiting his JustGiving webpage at http://www.justgiving.com/leoncox-lax2nyc

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Sonova (Phonak and Unitron) now owns David Ormerod Hearing and Boots Hearing Care

March 26th, 2012 by Paul Minikin

So the rumour is right, something as independent hearing aid audiologists we have been aware of for a long time, that the Sonova Group (who own the Phonak and Unitron brands) have had a major shareholding in David Ormerod Hearing Centres (and Boots Hearing Care, DOHC supply the service into Boots branches).

The stake Sonova have in DOHC up until recently has been a sizeable 49% but it has now been reported that Sonova have aquired the remaining stake in the company up to the full 100%.

For David Ormerod Hearing Centre and Boots Hearing Care customers this is not necessarily a bad thing, as Phonak are one of the best manufacturers of hearing aids in the UK, but it does of course impact on the amount of choice a customer walking into a Boots branch for instance would have.

Phonak as a brand does seem to be pushed very heavily in these outlets which is not such a surprise, and it does not stretch the imagination to believe this will continue to happen into the future, perhaps more so based on the fact that Sonova now own 100% of the business.

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Unitron Moxi RIC launched

June 27th, 2011 by Paul Minikin

Unitron Hearing Aids have launched a new range of RIC hearing aids, Unitron Moxi, based on their new platform, Era.

The new range consists of the Moxi 20, the premium level of technology with all the bells and whistles, the Moxi 12 is next in the range with a large helping of the technology available in the Moxi 20 but at a lower price point for the more price conscious savvy purchaser, and the Moxi 6 mid range technology, more suited to the client wanting a good looking, discreet hearing aid with reasonable performance for quieter lifestyles.

The Unitron Moxi as expected is fully loaded with wireless connectivity but also of note is the fact that the Moxi has a telecoil, not entirely expected on a RIC hearing aid but for some customers a really welcome addition!

Depending on the model, features you will see include Unitron’s SmartFocus, Pinna Effect, AntiShock, Natural Sound Balance, and Binaural Phone.

The Moxi comes in an attractive range of colours to suit.

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Unitron Quantum launched to market

June 23rd, 2011 by Paul Minikin

Unitron Hearing Aids have recently launched the all new Unitron Quantum family of hearing aids to the UK market.

Split into three levels of technology, the Unitron Quantum is based on the brand new Era platform.

Promising new levels of performance, the Era platform has about twice the processing speed of its predessessor as well as double the capacity and double the memory. All this extra headroom means the new platform can do so much more than previous models.

The Unitron Quantum ships at premium level as the Quantum 20, advanced level is Quantum 12 and mid range is Quantum 6.

Unitron Quantum is available in all form factors (from BTE to CIC) apart from RIC (covered by the Unitron Moxi released at the same time and also based on the Era platform).

Features include Unitron’s SmartFocus, Pinna Effect, AntiShock, Natural Sound Balance, and Binaural Phone. Wireless compatibility is available throughout the range.

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Unitron Hearing Aids | Discount Hearing Aids

April 2nd, 2011 by Paul Minikin

Unitron are a Canadian hearing aid manufacturer with a heritage of more than 40 years developing hearing aid technology. Their UK base is in Warrington.

Unitron Hearing puts the advantages of digital hearing instruments within everyone’s reach with the most comprehensive line-up of digital products designed to meet every lifestyle, hearing loss, and budget.

Unitron have been very successful recently with their Tandem range of wireless CROS / BiCROS products, which cater for single sided deafness by sending a wireless audio signal from the deaf side to the hearing / hearing impaired best side.

Current Unitron hearing aids in the range are Unitron Passport, Unitron Latitude, Unitron Tandem and Unitron 360.

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