The Miami-based hearing care company earned the honor for its Horizon IX hearing aids and Clinic-in-a-Box teleaudiology platform, which aim to close persistent gaps in hearing care access across the US.
Hear.com has been named a Gold Stevie Award winner in the Technical Innovation of the Year category—Consumer Product Industries—at the 2026 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. The recognition highlights the company’s Horizon IX hearing aids and its Clinic-in-a-Box teleaudiology platform as standout innovations working to expand access to medical-grade hearing care nationwide.
Now in its third year, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence drew more than 700 nominations from organizations across 37 nations and territories, spanning categories from Company of the Year to Technology Breakthrough of the Year across sectors including healthcare, biotechnology, and business technology. More than 180 professionals worldwide served as judges.
Horizon IX and Clinic-in-a-Box: A Two-Pronged Approach to Access
Hear.com was recognized for two technologies designed to work in tandem. The Horizon IX hearing aids deliver what the company describes as 2x speech clarity and the most natural-sounding hearing experience ever engineered into a hearing aid. Alongside it, Clinic-in-a-Box functions as an end-to-end teleaudiology platform enabling patients to complete medical-grade hearing evaluations, receive personalized hearing aid fittings, and access ongoing support remotely through licensed hearing care professionals—without requiring an in-person clinic visit.
Together, the technologies are designed to reach patients regardless of geographic location, addressing a hearing care gap that continues to leave large portions of the US population without adequate treatment.
“This recognition reflects the relentless passion and ingenuity our team brings to maximizing results for our customers,” says Paul Crusius, co-CEO and founder of hear.com, in a release. “We believe that everyone should hear well to live well, which is why we’re proud to offer these innovative solutions for our customers so that they can get quality, medical-grade hearing care anytime, anywhere and continue to live their lives to the fullest.”
About Hear.com and the Stevie Awards
Founded in Berlin in 2012 and headquartered in Miami, Hear.com operates an AI-powered digital care model with access to a global network of 5,500 hearing care professionals. The company serves a global population of more than 1 billion people with hearing loss and employs more than 1,100 people across eight countries.
Winners of the 2026 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence will be honored at a ceremony on Oct 28, 2026, at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France. Full details and a list of winners are available at Tech.StevieAwards.com.
