Our vision:
A world where every primary care practice provides hearing healthcare and related services as part of their patients’ overall health.
Our mission:
To enable every primary care physician to easily integrate hearing healthcare and related services into their practice.
We believe good hearing leads to better health.
These aren’t idle words around here. Because as hearing care professionals and industry business leaders we are, first and foremost, driven by evidence-based facts.
Untreated hearing loss can affect cognitive brain function, especially in older people, and is associated with the early onset of dementia
Hearing loss is tied to a 3-fold higher incidence of injury-causing falls
21% of diabetics have hearing loss compared to 9% of non-diabetics.
Low-frequency hearing loss is associated with and could be considered an early marker for a higher risk of cardiovascular events and stroke
High frequency hearing loss is a side-effect of cisplatin and carboplatin, chemotherapy medications used to treat certain cancers
Along with depression, patients with untreated hearing loss are known to experience anxiety, paranoia, relationship problems, stress, and other negative emotions