Rural prevalence
19.8%
hearing loss in rural areas vs. 9.7% in major metros
Modern hearing care
AI infrastructure for modern hearing care.
Helping hearing clinics reach more patients before, between, and after appointments.
Care layer
Before visits
Care layer
Between care
Care layer
After appointments
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Modern hearing care
AI infrastructure for modern hearing care.
Helping hearing clinics reach more patients before, between, and after appointments.
Care layer
Before visits
Care layer
Between care
Care layer
After appointments
Hearing care demand is everywhere. Access is not.
Clinic deserts
~60%
of U.S. counties have no audiology clinic
Care delay
10.9 yrs
average wait before rural adults get hearing aids
Broader crisis context
466M
people with disabling hearing loss worldwide
70%
do not receive timely screening or care
#1
modifiable risk factor for dementia
100 yrs
audiometers and sound booths remain largely unchanged
Patients need continuous hearing care, not one-off visits.
25M U.S. adults experience tinnitus, but support access remains low.
Source: NIDCD tinnitus statistics.
The clinic is becoming software-enabled.
OTC hearing aids and AirPods
change patient expectations
Telehealth
enables follow-ups, counseling, and triage outside clinic
AI-enabled hearing devices
make adaptive care more normal
Agentic workflows
AI voice agents for scheduling, calendar coordination, patient logging, and EMR/EHR task support
SchedulingCalendarPatient logsEMR/EHRFollow-ups
Operating layer
HearLink is the operating layer for modern hearing clinics.
Extends clinician capacity without replacing clinicians.
iPad + AirPods Max
Calibration and noise control
Instant reports
Before visit
IntakeSchedulingTriage
During care
Patient contextDocumentationEMR/EHR task support
After visit
Follow-upsTroubleshootingPatient loggingRetention
01
Pure-tone
02
Speech-in-noise
03
Listening effort
04
Working memory
05
Tone-in-noise
We are building this from inside the problem.
We started in a speech and hearing research lab, watching how much clinical work still depended on manual processes, in-person visits, and fragmented follow-up.
Audiology, hearing aids, tinnitus, and clinical care expertise.
Built proof
Core hearing-care tools already built.
Screening, tinnitus support, consumer-device experiments, and clinical audio workflows are not theoretical.
Screening
BuiltRemote pure-tone screening, QuickSIN-style speech-in-noise screening
Tinnitus support
BuiltCBT-based tinnitus support tools
Consumer devices
BuiltAirPods and consumer-device hearing experiments
Clinic workflow
BuiltClinical audio collection workflows
Reports
BuiltInstant reports and structured outputs
Deployment path
BuiltiPad + AirPods Max, calibration, noise control
The next milestone is productizing these pieces into one repeatable clinic workflow.
Software capacity for clinics that cannot scale by adding headcount alone.