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Beltone was founded on the act of helping a friend to enjoy life more. So begins the story of Beltone, when founder Sam Posen makes a hearing aid for a friend. This was in the 1930’s and we are still busy adding new chapters to the story.

 

 Beltone timeline 

 
 

This timeline shows the major corporate and product events of Beltone’s more than 70 years of history:

 

1930s   Sam Posen makes first hearing aid to help a friend to enjoy life more 
1940  The Beltone company is officially formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Model H hearing aid is introduced 
1942  Start of the exclusive distribution network business model 
1945  Harmony, the world’s smallest hearing aid, is introduced 
1958  The first behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid, Minuet, is introduced 
1961  The first in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid comes to market
Beltone is now represented in 38 countries 
1990s  Introduction of digital hearing aids
Industry leader in small completely-in-the-canal (CIC) hearing aids 
1997  Beltone is sold to J.W. Childs 
1999  Philips Hearing Technologies is acquired by Beltone 
2000 Beltone is sold to GN Store Nord and continues as an independent brand within the corporate frames of GN ReSound

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Beltone brand is part of a larger organisational group that is dedicated to developing communicative devices. Find links to our parent and sister companies as well as other group brands here. 
 
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