EXHIBIT 24.2

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned director of Sonic Innovations, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, hereby appoints Andrew G. Raguskus and Stephen L. Wilson, and each
of them acting individually, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-30566) (including post-effective amendments or any
abbreviated registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is
sought), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


                               /s/ Luke B. Evnin                  3/21/00
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                               Luke B. Evnin, Director             Date