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About Us

We are the Audiology Research Centre - Canada (ARC-C) (Formerly Innovation Centre Toronto), with locations in Mississauga and Kitchener. Our team is dedicated to both exploratory and market readiness research, focusing on developing new features and functions for hearing products and related technologies. Our primary goal is to deliver optimized solutions to the global market.

To achieve this, we actively collaborate with leading researchers from universities across Canada and the U.S., ensuring that our facilities produce high-quality research.

ARC-C is always looking to expand our database of participants for future studies. If you or someone you know is interested in participating in upcoming research, please complete the form below.

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If you have any questions, please email: innovation.toronto@sonova.com

Innovation Centre News

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Measuring Hearing Aid Benefits for the Brain

The ICT has been buzzing with activity in recent months, marked by a series of studies and events. One notable endeavor at the Mississauga office was led by Dr. Jonathan Vaisberg, focusing on the investigation of listening effort… Read more

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The BiCROS Experience

The National Centre for Audiology at Western University and the ICT recently presented the results of a study that investigated the impact of a BiCROS fitting for people with single-sided deafness and hearing loss at the American… Read more

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Chatting with Roger

Difficulties hearing in background noise are common complaints of individuals with hearing loss. The increased effort required to maintain a conversation in noise could lead to consequences such as emotional frustration,… Read more

ICT Ongoing Studies & External Collaborators

Recently Published Studies: 

University Collaborators:

  • University of Central Florida
  • The State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Western University
  • Toronto Metropolitan University
  • University of Toronto
  • McMaster University
  • University of Waterloo

Clinic collaborators:

  • Mayo Clinic – Rochester
  • Network Hearing
  • Connect Hearing Clinics
  • Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility – Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Hearing Excellence – Greater Toronto Area
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Locations

Toronto Innovation Centre Mississauga Address

Mississauga

Address: 3105 Glen Erin Drive – Suite 2 Mississauga, ON L5L 1J3 
Phone: +1 905 745 6785
Email: innovation.toronto@sonova.com

Toronto Innovation Centre Kitchener Address

Kitchener

Address: 20 Beasley Drive Kitchener, ON N2E 1Y6 
Phone: +1 226 808 3260
Email: innovation.toronto@sonova.com