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Related-Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Related-Party Transactions	Dec. 31, 2018
Related-Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related-Party Transactions	21. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company uses the law firm of Blank Rome LLP for legal services. A partner of that firm is the son-in-law of the Chairman of our Board of Directors. The Company paid approximately $498, $140, and $406 to Blank Rome LLP for legal services and costs in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company has a 50% ownership in Signison, a German based hearing health company. Signison owes the Company notes receivable of $1,678 which is included in investment in partnership on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2018. The Company used $25,850 of the proceeds from the 2018 equity offering to repurchase 500 shares of common stock from certain directors and officers. The price paid by the Company for each share was the same price per share that the Company received in the offering. Prior to and during the fourth quarter of 2017, one of our subsidiaries leased office and factory spaces that was owned by one present and two former officers of the subsidiary, including Mark Gorder, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. During the fourth quarter of 2017, such related parties sold the property to an unrelated party and the Company continues to lease the property. The total base rent expense, real estate taxes and other charges incurred to the related parties under the lease was approximately $371 and $484 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.