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Goodwill
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
Goodwill

7. GOODWILL



The Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test as of November 30th for each of the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.  The Company completed an analysis to assess the fair value of its reporting units to determine whether goodwill was impaired and the extent of such impairment, if any for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.  Based upon this analysis, the Company has concluded that no impairment of goodwill or intangible assets occurred during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years presented are as follows:





 

 

Carrying amount at December 31, 2013

 

9,194 

Changes to the carrying amount

 

 -

Carrying amount at December 31, 2014

 

9,194 

Acquisition of assets of PC Werth (Note 4)

 

357 

Carrying amount at December 31, 2015

 

9,551 

Acquisition of equity interest of Hearing Help Express (Note 4)

 

1,004 

Carrying amount at December 31, 2016

$

10,555