Listen, Inc. was founded in 1995 by a group of former Brüel & Kjær engineers and project managers who recognized that manufacturers of electroacoustic products were frustrated with being forced to use different and typically incompatible measurement systems for production testing and R&D. By not having a common test and measurement platform, Production and R&D groups had great difficulty comparing measurement results. From this, Listen's SoundWare™ product development philosophy was born - create application-specific software modules that satisfy particular measurement requirements.

Instead of relying on proprietary hardware for data acquisition and generating test signals, Listen incorporates high-quality sound cards used in professional audio applications. Their large dynamic range, high sampling rates, 24-bit A/D and D/A converters, and low per-channel cost provide a front-end that easily competes with dedicated audio test and measurement instrumentation. Listen's software products are developed using National Instruments LabVIEW® and specialized algorithms. By utilizing this approach, National Instruments chose Listen's premier SoundWare product, SoundCheck™,
as the Best Application of The Year in 1998.

From the company's beginnings in the military communication headset market, today's major manufacturers in loudspeakers, hearing aids, and wireless communication now use Listen's SoundWare products thus enabling our customers to transform sound into knowledge.