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Related-Party Transactions	9 Months Ended
Related-Party Transactions	Sep. 30, 2019
Related-Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related-Party Transactions	16. Related-Party Transactions The Company uses the law firm of Blank Rome LLP for legal services. A partner of that firm is the son-in-law of the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, however, on May 1, 2019, the Chairman retired from the Company’s Board of Directors. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company paid that firm approximately $63 and $169 for legal services and costs. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid that firm approximately $238 and $413, respectively, for legal services and costs. The prior Chairman of our Board of Directors was considered independent under applicable Nasdaq and Securities and Exchange Commission rules because (i) no payments were made to the Chairman or the partner directly in exchange for the services provided by the law firm and (ii) the amounts paid to the law firm did not exceed the thresholds contained in the Nasdaq standards. Furthermore, the aforementioned partner does not provide any legal services to the Company and is not involved in billing matters. In January 2019, the Company purchased the source code for the Sentibo Smart Brain self-fitting software from Soundperience, an entity in which we owned 49% of the equity, for 1,750 Euros and the transfer back of our 49% ownership interest in Soundperience. See Note 9.