9 8 6 ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Cup ▁in ▁Mexico . ▁ ▁Career ▁statistics ▁. ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : 2 0 0 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : S ports people ▁from ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁Category : Ar gent ine ▁football ers ▁Category : Associ ation ▁football ▁mid field ers ▁Category : Ar gent ine ▁Primera ▁División ▁players ▁Category : R iver ▁Pl ate ▁football ers <0x0A> </s> ▁Bern af on ▁ ▁Bern af on ▁is ▁a ▁glob ally ▁operating ▁company ▁that ▁defines ▁and ▁mark ets ▁hearing ▁a ids ▁and ▁hearing ▁aid ▁access ories , ▁including ▁fitting ▁software ▁and ▁consumer ▁apps . ▁Head qu arter ed ▁in ▁Bern , ▁Switzerland , ▁the ▁company ▁emp lo ys ▁some ▁ 5 0 0 ▁people ▁world wide ▁and ▁oper ates ▁in ▁over ▁ 7 0 ▁countries . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁history , ▁Bern af on ▁has ▁achieved ▁many ▁industry ▁mil est ones ▁and ▁success es , ▁including ▁the ▁world ' s ▁first ▁digit ally ▁program m able ▁hearing ▁instrument ▁an ▁Channel Free ™ ▁signal ▁processing . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁new ▁DE CS ™ ▁technology ▁platform ▁was ▁introduced . ▁ ▁Corpor ate ▁History ▁▁ ▁The ▁story ▁of ▁Bern af on ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁at ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁G f eller ▁AG , ▁a ▁tele phone ▁and ▁tele phone ▁system ▁company ▁outside ▁Bern , ▁Switzerland . ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁main ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁comp o any ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁hearing ▁instrument ▁business .