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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 15, 2006

                             SOMANETICS CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Michigan                     0-19095                38-2394784
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  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission           (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)              File Number)         Identification No.)

      1653 East Maple Road, Troy, Michigan                     48083-4208
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    (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (248) 689-3050

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

[ ]  Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

[ ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
     Exchange Act.

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
     Exchange Act.

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ITEM 2.02.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     On March 15, 2006, Somanetics Corporation announced its financial results
for the first quarter ended February 28, 2006 and certain other information. A
copy of the press release is furnished with this report following the signature
page and is incorporated in this Item 2.02 by reference. The information in this
report and the attached press release shall not be deemed filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except
as shall be expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)  Exhibits

99.1   News release dated March 15, 2006



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  March 15, 2006                     SOMANETICS CORPORATION
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                                           (Registrant)


                                           By:  /s/ Mary Ann Victor
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                                                Mary Ann Victor

                                           Its: Vice President and
                                                Chief Administrative Officer and
                                                Secretary



                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit             Description
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99.1                News release dated March 15, 2006