hear.com Receives Gold in 2026 Globee® Awards for Technology and Named BBB Torch Award Finalist for Business Ethics

Double honor recognizes hear.com's dedication to accessibility and innovation in hearing care

MIAMI – July 13, 2026 – hear.com, a global innovator in online hearing care with a unique digital approach recognized for its state-of-the-art solutions for customers and the largest online retailer of medical-grade hearing aids globally, has been named a Gold Winner of the 21st Annual 2026 Globee® Awards for Technology. hear.com was awarded for its Horizon IX hearing aids and Clinic-in-a-Box® Tele-Audiology solutions, the same innovations that revolutionized access to medical-grade hearing care. The company has also been named a finalist in the 2026 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics in the Large Business category, presented by the Better Business Bureau Serving Southeast Florida & the Caribbean.

The Globee® Awards for Technology honor outstanding achievements in the field of technology innovation, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and organizational accomplishments on a global level. Winners are selected based on an objective and data-driven process of evaluation conducted by independent industry professionals.

"This recognition shows everything our team has been working towards delivering on our mission to remove the stigma and bring quality hearing care to anyone, anywhere," commented Paul Crusius, CEO, and Co-Founder of hear.com. "Being named a gold winner of the Globees is the recognition of our tech innovations; and being named a BBB Torch Award finalist is the recognition of how we treat our customers."

Changing Hearing Care With Technology

hear.com's award-winning Horizon IX hearing aids deliver 2x speech clarity and the most natural-sounding hearing experience ever engineered. Developed to process sounds the way the brain expects them to be processed, Horizon IX filters out background noise, adapting to changes in environment, and providing users with a fuller and natural experience of their everyday surroundings. hear.com's Clinic-in-a-Box® is the world's first end-to-end medical-grade teleaudiology platform — shipping medical-grade diagnostic equipment to a customer's home so a state-licensed hearing care professional can conduct a full hearing evaluation and fitting remotely. These innovations come at a critical moment: approximately 37 million Americans live with hearing loss. Yet fewer than 1 in 5 use hearing aids, resulting in a care gap driven by stigma, geography, cost, and inconvenience, which has persisted for decades. hear.com's innovations dismantle each one, focussing on reversing the 7-10-year delay in the treatment of hearing loss in the average American.

Unaddressed hearing loss is known to increase the risk of developing dementia, increase the level of cognitive decline and social isolation, and negatively affect the overall productivity in the workplace. According to the study published in JAMA Neurology in 2025, people with hearing loss who started using hearing aids before the age of 70 have 61% lower chances of developing dementia in the next 20 years than the people without hearing devices. hear.com aims to shorten the time needed to treat people with hearing loss, helping to reframe the treatment of hearing loss as an investment into long-term brain health and living life to the fullest with all senses.

Dedication to Ethics and Trust

Being nominated as a finalist in the BBB Torch Award for Ethics means that hear.com is recognized as a company dedicated to transparency, customer service excellence, and business integrity. BBB Torch Awards for Ethics recognize organizations with exemplary standards for customers, employees, and the whole community. hear.com holds an A+ BBB rating and has maintained it since first becoming BBB Accredited in 2016, a reflection of the transparent, customer-first business practices at the heart of how the company operates. hear.com offers every customer a 45-day no-risk trial period and 100% money-back guarantee, and has a Net Promoter Score of more than double the industry average.

About hear.com

hear.com is simplifying and scaling hearing care, serving an underserved global population of 1bn+ people with hearing loss. Leveraging an AI-powered, digital care model, proprietary tele-audiology technology, and access to a global network of 5,500 expert hearing care professionals, hear.com delivers personalized, evidence-based care that helps people move beyond the stigma of hearing loss and reconnect with the world around them - improving outcomes and experiences while expanding access and lowering the cost of care. Started in Berlin, Germany in 2012 and headquartered in Miami, FL, the founder-led Company employs more than 1,100 people in 8 countries.

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