Global
hearing health equity
Soundbites is a public benefit corporation. That means our purpose is written into our legal structure. Research and published evidence, patents and the people behind them, and a portion of our revenue support global hearing health equity, the mandate of the Keep Hearing Initiative nonprofit.
Research and education
The Keep Hearing Initiative has significantly contributed to Soundbites PBC's research and education projects and initiatives since 2019, producing educational videos, co-authoring the real-world evidence study published in Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health, and collaborating on the development of Soundware, our hearing assessment platform.
Preparations are now underway for a multicenter observational study of ACEMg, the next step in building the evidence for proactive hearing care.
Fair access
Noise pollution is not a background problem.
Chronic noise exposure is one of the leading environmental drivers of hearing damage worldwide.
The majority of those who suffer are in the Global South.
The Keep Hearing Initiative is Soundbites PBC's partner in our pursuit of global access to ACEMg, where our goal is to make ACEMg available to anyone who wants it, independent of their ability to pay for it, along with assisting organizations working to accelerate the shift to renewable energy, because a quieter planet will help preserve hearing at a scale well beyond what we can do to address the problem.