What's new

September 2004 - P.C.Werth Ltd launch their new website.

After several months of hard work, we're proud to bring you our new web site.

We want this new site to reflect the diverse nature of our company whilst still reflecting the personal and friendly nature of the industry we work in. We'd therefore be delighted to hear any comments or suggestions you may have - please forward any feedback to web@pcwerth.co.uk

July 2004 - P.C. Werth appoint new Marketing Manager

We're delighted to announce that we have recently been joined by Stuart Russell, who has taken up the post of Marketing Manager. Stuart is originally from Glasgow, Scotland and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has a decade of marketing experience gained from roles in the legal industry, the media and the consumer electronics sector. We're sure that you will be hearing from Stuart directly during the months to come.

May 2004 - The CAMISHA advantage

Recently P.C. Werth introduced CAMISHA, a revolutionary new process in ITE manufacturing technology that offers huge benefits to hearing-aid users and dispensers alike.

Until now, the final stages of manufacture of digital ITE aids have been based on a time-consuming manual process. An aid's outer shell is made from a cast taken from an impression of the patient's ear, which is sent to the laboratory by the hearing aid audiologist. This process suffers from fitting variability and lack of repeatability.

CAMISHA - Computer Aided Manufacturing of Individual Shells for Hearing Aids - is based around the latest computer modelling and laser technologies. The laboratory technician now laser scans the ear canal impression and all the resulting data of the shape of the ear is transferred into a specially developed computer modelling software program. The technician can then design an on-screen 3D computer model of the ideally shaped custom hearing aid, incorporating all the required miniature components in the tiny available space.

The data for this model is then transferred to the Stereo Lithography Apparatus (SLA), which uses a laser to build-up the shell layer-by-layer within a bath of liquid photoplastic acrylic material. The custom shells made by this new process have a superior quality and consistency, resulting in smaller sized and better fitting hearing aids for the user.

Widex holds the basic international patent for this completely new method for manufacturing hearing aid shells, which has only now become a reality thanks to the latest advances in scanner, computer modelling and materials technologies. The advantages of this process are so significant that Widex is licensing it to other hearing aid companies.

Lawrence Werth, Managing Director of P.C. Werth Ltd comments: “The CAMISHA process allows the final product to be a more exact representation of the ear impression, so the user has greater assurance of optimum fit and comfort. The great news for hearing aid users is that fewer modifications and faster remakes, based on the stored computer data, will lead to greater customer satisfaction. We're delighted to be able to bring this cutting edge technology to the UK for the first time.”

Widex is the first manufacturer to have installed every stage of this process within an ITE laboratory serving the UK market. Apart from the UK, Widex now has CAMISHA installations in Australia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, as well as the USA. Further installations are ongoing for other markets around the world.

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