operates hearing care centers in the United States and Canada.
The company operates in three segments: Company-Owned Centers (COC), Network of Independent Providers (NIP), and E-Commerce Business (ECB). The COC segment offers various products and services, including diagnostic audiological testing for hearing aids and assistive listening.
As of December 31, 2004, it owned 154 centers in 11 states and in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The NIP segment operates a network of approximately 1,400 credentialed audiology providers that support hearing benefit programs with employer groups, health insurers, and benefit sponsors.
The ECB segment offers on-line information about hearing loss, hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and the services offered by hearing health care professionals.
It also offers on-line purchases of hearing related products, such as batteries, hearing aid accessories, and assistive listening devices.
HearUSA was organized as HEARx, Ltd.
in 1986 and changed its name to HearUSA, Inc.
in 2002.
The company is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.
