Oticon is a Danish hearing aid manufacturer based near Copenhagen in Denmark. The company is a subsidiary of Demant A/S. It was founded in 1904 by Hans Demant, whose wife was hearing impaired.
Oticon has branches in several countries, including a production plant in Poland, with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.[1] The company claims to be the world's second-largest manufacturer of hearing aids, and it uses a management style known as "spaghetti organization",[2][3] which was introduced by Lars Kolind[4][5][6]