Hearing Review

What Hearing Review does

The Hearing Review is a B2B trade publication and online resource serving the hearing healthcare industry, operated as a brand within the MEDQOR LLC healthcare media portfolio. Its core product is hearingreview.com, an editorial website organized into five sections (Hearing Loss, Products, Practice Building, Inside Hearing, and Resources) covering clinical research, hearing aid technology, practice management, regulation, and industry news for audiologists, hearing instrument specialists, dispensing networks, manufacturers, retailers, researchers, and industry associations (AAA, ADA, IHS, HLAA, HIA, BIHIMA, EHIMA, EFHOH).

The underlying technology stack is a web-based trade publication platform with multimedia content delivery, including written articles, a searchable digital edition magazine archive, podcasts, webinars, videos, gated white papers, and an email newsletter. The publication runs on MEDQOR's shared data platform, which enables cross-brand audience monetization. Distribution is multi-channel across owned website, social media (Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube), and the co-promoted annual Future of Hearing Healthcare virtual conference with HHTM, plus recurring sponsored educational sessions at AAA, ADA, EUHA, IHS, and HLAA conventions.

The business model combines advertising (banner placements, sponsored content, and a Media Solutions Kit), event sponsorships (e.g., CareCredit-sponsored sessions at ADA), and subscription/newsletter revenue. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and the customer base is concentrated among the major global hearing aid manufacturers and dispensing networks that advertise to the audiology professional audience.

Name

Hearing Review

Legal name

MEDQOR LLC

Website

https://hearingreview.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Hearing Review is a B2B trade publication and online resource serving audiologists, hearing care professionals, manufacturers, and industry associations with editorial articles, a digital magazine archive, podcasts, webinars, white papers, and event coverage of the hearing healthcare industry, operated as a MEDQOR LLC brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Trade Media and Professional Publishing

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Audiology & Hearing Diagnostic Centers (HLAFAKAH)

Keywords

• Hearing care trade publication
• Audiology industry news
• Hearing healthcare editorial
• Audiology continuing education
• Hearing industry research

Headquarters

HQ city

Leawood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Media Solutions: Generates revenue through a Media Solutions Kit offered to advertisers, banner placements, and sponsored content across hearingreview.com, digital edition, podcasts, webinars, and white papers. B2B advertisers target hearing care professionals and include device manufacturers, software vendors, and hearing care retailers.
2. Event Sponsorships: Monetizes through sponsorships of hosted educational sessions at industry conventions (e.g., CareCredit-sponsored '10 Winning Tips for Patient Loyalty' event at ADA).
3. Subscriptions and Newsletter Sponsorship: Drives recurring revenue via a Subscribe Now offering and newsletter distribution delivering hearing health news, trends, and products to subscribers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Hearing Review is a B2B trade media brand that publishes daily news, clinical research, product reviews, and practice management editorial for the hearing care industry. It distributes content through its website, digital magazine, podcasts, webinars, white papers, videos, and a newsletter, and monetizes primarily through advertising, sponsorships, and subscriptions. The brand operates as a division of MEDQOR LLC.

Product overview

Hearing Review is a single B2B media brand (a brand of parent company MEDQOR LLC) rather than a technology platform with modules. Its offering is centered on an editorial website (The Hearing Review online publication), organized into five main editorial sections (Hearing Loss, Products, Practice Building, Inside Hearing, and Resources), and complemented by a set of recurring content products: the Edition Archive (print/digital magazine), Hearing Podcasts, Webinars, White Papers, Videos, a consolidated Resource Center hub, and a Hearing Health newsletter. Together these properties deliver news, clinical and practice-management editorial, and continuing-education content to hearing care professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Hearing Review (Online News Publication) A B2B news and editorial website covering the hearing care industry, organized into categories including Hearing Loss, Products, Practice Building, Inside Hearing, and a Resource Center with Videos, Webinars, and White Papers.
• Edition Archive (Print/Digital Magazine) The Hearing Review's archived magazine editions covering hearing healthcare research, product reviews, and practice management topics, accessed via the Edition Archive navigation on the site.
• Hearing Podcasts Podcast series featuring interviews and discussions with audiology professionals, covering topics such as forensic audiology, standards of care, pediatric hearing care, and change leadership in hearing care.
• Webinars Live/on-demand webinar program hosted within the Resource Center, featuring educational sessions on audiology topics such as hearing aid fitting verification.
• White Papers Long-form editorial/research white paper library within the Resource Center, covering topics such as AI in clinical speech processing and AI in aural rehabilitation.
• Videos Video resource library within the Resource Center section of the site.
• Resource Center Aggregated hub combining Videos, Webinars, White Papers, Featured Reports, and Hearing Podcasts for hearing care professionals.
• Hearing Health News, Trends, and Products Newsletter Editorial newsletter delivering hearing health news, trends, and product updates to hearing care professionals, covering topics from hearing aid technology to patient care best practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides continuing education credits via the co-promoted Future of Hearing Healthcare virtual conference with on-demand access for 30 days after the event.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• MEDQOR LLCflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Hearing Review operates as a brand within the MEDQOR LLC healthcare media portfolio, with shared infrastructure including the MEDQOR Data Platform and shared 'Our Parent Company' branding on hearingreview.com.
• Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the annual Future of Hearing Healthcare (FHH) virtual conference; HHTM produces the program and The Hearing Review provides coverage and promotion of the event.
• CareCreditminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCareCredit sponsored the '10 Winning Tips for Patient Loyalty' presentation by Sergei Kochkin hosted by The Hearing Review at the 2014 Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) convention.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry): MD+DI is a large, established B2B trade publication covering the broader medical device and diagnostics industry. Hearing device manufacturers advertise in both MD+DI and HR, making it a broad-incumbent competitor for the same OEM ad dollars across a wider portfolio of device categories.
• MedCity News: MedCity News is a B2B healthcare media outlet covering digital health, medical devices, and care delivery, including hearing health topics. It overlaps with HR as a healthcare-focused digital publisher competing for life sciences and health-tech advertising spend.
• Fierce Medtech / Fierce Healthcare: Fierce Medtech and Fierce Healthcare are established B2B healthcare media brands that cover the hearing device and audiology segments within a much broader life sciences portfolio, competing for the same manufacturer marketing and corporate communications budgets as HR.

Direct peers

• AudiologyOnline: AudiologyOnline is a B2B online platform for audiologists offering news, CE-accredited courses, webinars, and manufacturer resources — directly overlapping with HR's editorial, webinar, and continuing-education offerings to the same HCP audience.
• Audio Infos: Audio Infos is an international B2B trade title for the hearing care industry with editions across Europe and beyond. It targets the same dispenser, manufacturer, and clinician audience as HR and competes for global hearing-care ad budgets.
• Audiology Today (American Academy of Audiology): Audiology Today is the flagship membership magazine of the American Academy of Audiology, delivering clinical, regulatory, and practice-management content to AAA's audiologist members — a directly comparable trade publication competing for the same US HCP audience.
• The Hearing Journal: The Hearing Journal is a long-running peer-reviewed clinical trade publication for audiologists and hearing scientists, published by Wolters Kluwer. It competes head-to-head with HR for HCP readership and manufacturer advertising in the US audiology market.
• Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM): HHTM is a B2B hearing healthcare media site that is HR's closest direct peer — same vertical, same audience (audiologists, dispensers, manufacturers), and a co-organizer of the Future of Hearing Healthcare virtual conference alongside Hearing Review.
• ENT & Audiology News: ENT & Audiology News is an international B2B clinical publication covering otolaryngology and audiology, with a print magazine and digital edition aimed at clinicians — directly comparable to HR's editorial model in an overlapping specialty audience.
• ASHA Wire / The ASHA Leader: ASHA Leader is the member magazine of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, covering audiology and speech-language pathology. It overlaps with HR's audiology audience (roughly 20% of ASHA members are audiologists) and competes for hearing-care advertiser attention.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hearingreview
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCzkZHPsH5cveksUv2eYRKBg
• Facebookfacebook.com/121969185290
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hearing-review

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