Vivosonic Integrity V500 System for Advanced Hearing Diagnostic Testing is Now Available in Japan

Feb. 19, 2013 - PRLog -- Toronto, ON, February, 2013 – The Integrity™ V500 System, an advanced hearing diagnostic product manufactured by Vivosonic Inc., is now available in Japan. Certification to sell the product was recently received from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan. The product will be sold exclusively through Rion Co. Ltd. (http://www.rion.co.jp/english/) which provides advanced audiological equipment, hearing instruments, medical equipment, sound and vibration measuring instruments, and equipment for measuring airborne and liquid-borne particles.

“Our partner, Rion, has been instrumental in our efforts to obtain regulatory approval in Japan. It is through their expertise and dedication that we were able to successfully complete the process in an expeditious manner,” says Mike Schnekenburger, President and CEO of Vivosonic. “Product quality is a foremost consideration in Japan. We are proud of Vivosonic’s commitment to continuous quality improvement and the ability of our Integrity™ system to meet the country’s high standards of quality in hearing diagnostic testing.”

Hearing healthcare professionals in Japan can now benefit from Vivosonic’s sophisticated filtering techniques which enable quality recordings of auditory evoked potentials while a child plays quietly; patented Amplitrode® which minimizes the effects of electromagnetic interference in the NICU, OR and other harsh environments; and wireless capabilities which provide clinical convenience.  View an Integrity™ V500 System demonstration video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1RS20C1CR4



About Vivosonic

Vivosonic Inc. (http://www.vivosonic.com/) manufactures advanced audiological equipment for hearing diagnostic testing and newborn hearing screening. The spirit of innovation, research and engineering is at the heart of every Vivosonic product. Patented award-winning technologies meet the clinical challenges of today’s hearing healthcare professionals, and improve patient care and safety. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company is ISO 13485 certified with products marketed and sold globally through a distributor network in over 35 countries.

The Vivosonic Integrity™ V500 System for hearing diagnostic testing provides non-sedated ABR, DPOAE, TEOAE, non-invasive ECochG, fully automated ASSR, and 40 Hz ERP. This advanced technology helps to minimize the risks of sedation and anaesthesia, reduces the effects of noise and interference, enables testing of difficult-to-test cases, and is portable and easy to use. Aurix™ Newborn Hearing Screening System is the most advanced automated brainstem response (AABR) system available. It enables recording of ABR when infants are awake and stirring intermittently, and is specifically designed to provide reliable results in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) and other difficult-to-test environments.