Hearing aid vendors supply both a product (the aid) and a service (fitting, maintenance, etc). To my mind, these are two completely separate things.
I’m writing about this because I popped into my local Scrivens branch last weekend - I was waiting for my Wife and just happened to notice the “Hearing Care” sign in their [...]

David Ormerod Hearing Centres achieved £30m in sales for the financial year ended September 2007 and projects growth to £36m for 2008.
The company, which operates from 200 locations nationwide including Boots high street stores, NHS hospital audiology departments and standalone centres, said group sales rose by 42% from the financial year 2006 to 2007 through [...]

Here’s something you don’t see everyday - an online ear trumpet gallery!
The Phisick Antique Medical Collection shows a large range of ear trumpets from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Fascinating to see the kind of things people used to help them hear all those years ago.
I’m kinda glad technology has moved on a bit since then!

Healthcare Digital has a interesting little article about Starkey UK.
It talks a bit about the company’s history, current production model and their quality control processes.
A look at Starkey.

The Business In Wales website reports that David Omerod has appeared in the Sunday Times’ list of top 100 fastest growing UK companies. The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 ranks companies based on sales growth over three years – either 2003-06 or 2004-07.
“Ranked 79th is Llandudno-based hearing aid supplier David Ormerod Hearing Centres. Its [...]