A new health care company in Little Rock is seeking to tackle one of the most common yet most often-overlooked conditions Americans face — hearing loss. Matthew Douglas, who opened Arkansas’s first Hear Again America location in Little Rock last December, said addressing hearing loss is one of the easiest things people can do to improve their quality of life.
“The reason why I got into this business is because I wanted to help people,” he said. “I wanted to provide the most professional, high-quality care for patients and help them hear all of the things in life that they had been missing.”
Douglas, who launched the business with his wife, Ashleigh, is on a mission to bring the latest in medical care and the highest in customer service to central Arkansas through the Hear Again America system. At 36 locations nationwide and growing, the company has quickly established itself as one of the most trusted names in audiology services, which led to the couple’s decision to bring its cutting-edge hearing technology to Arkansas.
“Hear Again America is known for its growing brand presence, reputation for quality, and a shared vision for patient care and community outreach,” he said. “Everything the company does is first class, and that’s exactly the experience that we seek to deliver to our growing list of satisfied patients.”
The venture has entered the market at a time when hearing loss has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, about 15 percent of American adults — 37.5 million people ages 18 and older — report some trouble hearing, and 1 in 8 people in the United States, about 30 million individuals ages 12 or older, has hearing loss in both ears, based on standard hearing examinations…