SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) - Sonomax Hearing Healthcare Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SHH) today announces that after a lengthy regulatory process, Mine Safety Appliances (NYSE: MSA) has been successful in obtaining CA certification for Sonomax's SonoCustom® hearing protectors. This certification, the equivalent of FDA approval in the United States, opens the door to the full-scale rollout of Sonomax's products in Latin America that has been one year in the planning. The markets that MSA will support are Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru, markets that are heavily populated with workers in the petrochemical, mining and manufacturing sectors.
