<s>
Soundhawk	B-Device
was	O
an	O
American	O
corporation	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Cupertino	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2014	O
Soundhawk	B-Device
introduced	O
a	O
"	O
Smart	O
Listening	O
System	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
hearing	O
aid	O
designed	O
for	O
noisy	O
situations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soundhawk	B-Device
product	O
came	O
with	O
three	O
pieces	O
of	O
hardware	O
:	O
an	O
earphone	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
Scoop	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
wireless	O
microphone	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
charging	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundhawk	B-Device
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Rodney	O
Perkins	O
,	O
Stanford	O
University	O
School	O
of	O
Medicine	O
,	O
Otologist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
ReSound	O
and	O
the	O
California	O
Ear	O
Institute	O
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
Executive	O
leadership	O
at	O
Soundhawk	B-Device
includes	O
Perkins	O
as	O
CEO	O
;	O
Drew	O
Dundas	O
,	O
formerly	O
director	O
of	O
Audiology	O
and	O
Assistant	O
Professor	O
of	O
Otolaryngology	O
at	O
UCSF	O
as	O
President	O
and	O
Chief	O
Technology	O
Officer	O
;	O
Steve	O
Manser	O
former	O
engineering	O
leader	O
at	O
Apple	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Palm	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
as	O
Chief	O
Operations	O
Officer	O
and	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
Engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soundhawk	B-Device
product	O
was	O
built	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
former	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
engineers	O
from	O
Palm	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Apple	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
and	O
Amazon.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundhawk	B-Device
is	O
backed	O
by	O
True	O
Ventures	O
,	O
Foxconn	O
Technology	O
Group	O
and	O
other	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
entrepreneurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundhawk	B-Device
has	O
suspended	O
operation	O
as	O
per	O
their	O
official	O
website	O
,	O
which	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
reads	O
"	O
down	O
for	O
maintenance	O
,	O
check	O
back	O
soon	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon.com	B-Application
also	O
lists	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
but	O
says	O
it	O
's	O
currently	O
not	O
available	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
do	O
n't	O
know	O
when	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soundhawk	B-Device
's	O
Smart	O
Listening	O
System	O
included	O
three	O
pieces	O
of	O
hardware	O
:	O
the	O
Scoop	O
,	O
the	O
Wireless	O
Mic	O
and	O
the	O
Charging	O
Case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soundhawk	B-Device
app	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
personalize	O
the	O
system	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
to	O
iOS	O
and	O
Android	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scoop	O
connects	O
to	O
users	O
 '	O
phones	O
or	O
tablets	O
via	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
also	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
charging	O
case	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
phone	O
calls	O
or	O
other	O
smartphone	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
virtual	B-Protocol
assistants	I-Protocol
.	O
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