Goodwill and Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and intangible assets for the six months ended March 31, 2016, are as follows (dollars in thousands):



	Goodwill		Intangible Assets
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	3,378,334	$	796,285
Acquisitions	14,422		5,590
Amortization	—		(85,451		)
Effect of foreign currency translation	1,995		3,320
Balance at March 31, 2016	$	3,394,751	$	719,744

In October 2015, we reorganized the organizational management and oversight of our Dragon Consumer ("DNS") business, represented by our DNS reporting unit, which was previously reported within our Mobile segment and has now been moved into our Healthcare segment. Based on this reorganization, $67.6 million of goodwill related to our DNS reporting unit moved from our Mobile segment into our Healthcare segment during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. As a result of this subsequent change, we performed an analysis and determined that we did not have an impairment of goodwill, nor did we have a triggering event requiring us to perform an impairment test on our DNS and Healthcare reporting units.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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