Starkey

And um, I just really like enjoyed it.

And then the company up in, based in Minnesota called Starkey, they did the hearing aids.

So we, um, we did the hearing aids and everything.

We did the...

... ear health information.

But, uh, hearing health-wise, you went off to Minneapolis to get some, uh, some exciting news, uh, to share from, uh, the folks at Starkey.

We, I wanna talk about Omega AI Plus, I wanna talk about what you learned, I wanna talk about how it affects patients.

Go.

I think that's so cool.

When you were at...

Uh, so you, so this is the Starkey event where you go to Minneapolis, they show you the new technology, they talk to you about all the, the, the benefits that they've added into these devices.

Uh, I mean, really, is this kind of like a Steve Jobs, they, they do the big unveil on stage?

Forget endorsement deals.

Get the AUO line Starkey hearing aids and a supply of batteries.

Paying NIL money.

Somebody better hear the snap count at Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Bama.

Can I take 60 seconds of your time, especially elderly folks? I know young people who have hearing aids, but the biggest majority are older people like myself.

and uh i i've been blessed when you i've always thought that when you find good service when you find a great price and a great product you should do that if you find a bad one get on the air and knock the crap out of that company i've done that all through my talk shows on radio so when i find something good like starkey which had been bell-toned in in san diego and suddenly i'm thinking oh my gosh the difference from the ones i bought at a big box store this sounds like a symphony orchestra and i can control the treble and the bass and it's into my phone and i can set it for person to person i can set it for restaurant where it takes down the restaurant noise and i only hear the people right here i can put it on on television setting through my phone and i'll hear it differently better for tv when i watch tv all of these things didn't used to be there years ago they're there now Jason will take care of you.

You tell him me and Laz sent you, and he'll get you in as quickly as possible.

And when you need a quick adjustment, you're going out of town, he'll get you in that day.

And so I've been working with him to buy up all the hearing aids, something kind of Siemens P333 digital hearing aid.

Starkey has them.

And he had like four of them.

I saw four left in the country.

Yeah.

We got Starkey Day today.

So, um, it's basically, like, you know, Starkey's Apple event that Apple does every year.

Um, launching new products, uh, hearing all about the new technology that's coming out in the new products.

Um, and there's gonna be some cool special guests there.

Yep

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Starkey.

First, we have Daymond John, founder and CEO of FUBU, founder of the Shark Group, and one of the original investors on ABC's Shark Tank.

Joining Daymond is Karen Spates, chief marketing officer of Starkey, one of the world's leading hearing technology companies.

Karen has spent more than 16 years at Starkey, helping transform the company's global marketing while working to redefine hearing aids as advanced wearable technology.

Starkey was founded in the 1960s and is still privately held.

It is the only major hearing aid company that is American-owned, based outside Minneapolis, Minnesota.

What started as a celebrity appearance by Daymond at a Starkey Foundation event has grown into something much more meaningful.

After experiencing hearing loss himself, Daymond became a Starkey customer, advocate, and true believer.

Today, he proudly wears custom bright red hearing aids to start conversations and help break the stigma surrounding hearing loss.