Sonova Holding AG (0QPY) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:01.753 Good afternoon, everyone in the room here. 00:00:01.753 -- 00:00:06.479 Welcome to the sunny Stefan to tease the people on the call. 00:00:06.479 -- 00:00:11.125 I hope they also have a sunny day. And thanks for joining for the full year results 2023-24 00:00:11.125 -- 00:00:13.448 of Sonova. 00:00:13.448 -- 00:00:16.532 I'm here together with the IR team and Birgit. 00:00:16.532 -- 00:00:21.018 Birgit will later go through the financials and will be with me on stage with regard 00:00:21.018 -- 00:00:24.382 to the questions and answers. 00:00:24.382 -- 00:00:28.667 Regular disclaimer, everybody knows the content, therefore I'm not going to read it, 00:00:28.667 -- 00:00:34.032 but please take note. We intend to spend about 35-ish 00:00:34.032 -- 00:00:38.377 minutes or so on the presentation, then we have ample time for Q&A. 00:00:38.377 -- 00:00:43.523 You all had a chance to get the material which we uploaded, therefore lots of material 00:00:43.523 -- 00:00:47.989 in the background and the backup for people who want to dive deeper into numbers. 00:00:47.989 -- 00:00:53.435 From a summary for the last fiscal year, a couple of 00:00:53.435 -- 00:00:58.722 highlight items here to keep in mind. First, the hearing care market, 00:00:58.722 -- 00:01:03.708 has been for the full year, if we count the numbers in unit volume and assumptions on 00:01:03.708 -- 00:01:08.994 price, back to historical growth rates. So somewhere in the 4% 00:01:08.994 -- 00:01:13.259 to 6%, slightly higher in the second half. 00:01:13.259 -- 00:01:18.265 Significant regional differences. North America was clearly faster in growth than 00:01:18.265 -- 00:01:23.271 Europe, although in many European markets we've seen good growth, but Germany and France 00:01:23...