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Related-Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Related-Party Transactions	Dec. 31, 2019
Related-Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related-Party Transactions	19. 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 our Board of Directors, however, on May 1, 2019, the Chairman retired from the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company paid approximately $234, $498, and $140, to Blank Rome LLP for legal services and costs in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company has a 50% ownership in Signison, a German based hearing health company. Signison owes the Company a notes receivable of $852 which is included in investment in partnership on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2019. The Company used $25,850 of the proceeds from the 2018 equity offering to repurchase 500 shares of common stock from certain directors and officers. The price paid by the Company for each share was the same price per share that the Company received in the offering.