touma hearing centers

What touma hearing centers does

Touma Hearing Centers is a privately held specialty medical practice serving adults and children with hearing loss, balance disorders, tinnitus, and other ear-related conditions. It operates two offices in Huntington, West Virginia, and Ashland, Kentucky, and serves a Tri-State area covering West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. Its services include hearing evaluation, hearing-aid fitting and repair, balance testing, implantable hearing devices, and custom-molded ear protection.

The practice uses audiological and vestibular diagnostic modalities including audiometry, tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions, auditory brainstem response, videonystagmography, and video head impulse testing. Cochlear, Baha, and Osia systems extend treatment to patients with severe or profound hearing loss for whom conventional hearing aids are inadequate. Revenue comes from professional diagnostic and treatment services and hardware sales; pricing is quote-based, insurance is accepted, and CareCredit financing is offered. (Primary source:.)

Name

touma hearing centers

Legal name

Touma Hearing Centers

Website

https://toumahearing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Touma Hearing Centers is a private specialty practice serving adults and children with hearing, balance, tinnitus, and ear-related conditions through diagnostic testing, hearing aids, implantable devices, and custom protection across the Tri-State area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Audiology and Hearing Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134), Outpatient Care Centers (6214)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Audiology & Hearing Services (ENT-Affiliated) (HLAKAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Otology & Neurotology (Ear/Hearing/Balance) (HLAKAMAC), Audiology & Hearing Diagnostic Centers (HLAFAKAH), Hearing Enhancement / Assistive Listening Audio Devices (CRACANAL)

Keywords

• Audiology services
• Hearing aid fittings
• Implantable hearing devices
• Balance testing
• Custom ear protection

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Audiology and Hearing Services: Diagnostic hearing testing, balance testing, and hearing evaluations performed by certified audiologists and fellowship-trained physicians.
2. Hearing Aid Sales: Sale and fitting of hearing aids from major brands including Phonak, Starkey, Resound, and Signia/TruHearing. Includes a two-month trial refundable period.
3. Implantable Hearing Devices: Surgical placement of cochlear implants, Baha implants, and Osia implants for qualified patients.
4. Custom Ear Protection: Custom molded earplugs for musicians, shooters, swimmers, and industrial workers, as well as custom earmolds for hearing aids.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Touma Hearing Centers provides audiology and hearing healthcare services for adults and children. Its offering includes hearing testing and diagnostics, hearing aids, implantable hearing devices, balance testing, custom ear protection, and hearing aid repair.

Product overview

Touma Hearing Centers offers a comprehensive portfolio of hearing and balance healthcare services centered around their core audiology and ENT physician practice. Their product portfolio includes Phonak hearing aids (spanning the Audéo Infinio, Naída Lumity, Virto R Infinio, and Sky Lumity lines) featuring real-time AI technology for adaptive sound processing, cochlear implants and bone-anchored solutions (Cochlear, Baha, Osia) for severe hearing loss, and a full range of diagnostic testing services including audiograms, tympanometry, OAEs, and ABR. The center also provides balance testing via VNG, vHIT, and Romberg testing, plus custom ear protection products including musician, shooting, and swim earplugs. Financing is available through CareCredit. Located in Huntington, WV and Ashland, KY serving the Tri-State area for 42 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hearing Testing and Diagnostics Diagnostic evaluation of hearing for adults and children, including audiogram, tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions, and auditory brainstem response testing.
• Balance Testing Evaluation of balance and vestibular function using videonystagmography (VNG), video head impulse testing (vHIT), and Romberg testing.
• Hearing Aid Sales and Fitting Provision and fitting of hearing aids, including products from multiple brands such as Phonak and Starkey.
• Implantable Hearing Devices Provision of cochlear, Baha, and Osia implantable hearing devices for patients who need them.
• Custom Ear Protection Custom earplugs and earmolds for musicians, shooters, swimmers, and industrial workers.
• Hearing Aid Repair Repair services for hearing aids.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PhonakcoreTechnology or IntegrationPhonak is a major hearing aid brand partner, providing advanced hearing aid technology including the Audéo Infinio Sphere, Naída Lumity, Virto R Infinio, and Sky Lumity product lines featuring AI-powered sound processing and Bluetooth connectivity.
• StarkeycoreTechnology or IntegrationStarkey hearing aids are offered as part of the practice's hearing aid portfolio, providing patients with multiple brand options for their hearing solutions.
• ResoundcoreTechnology or IntegrationResound hearing aids are available at Touma Hearing Centers as part of their comprehensive hearing aid offerings.
• Signia/TruHearingcoreTechnology or IntegrationSignia and TruHearing hearing aids are offered as part of the practice's hearing aid brand portfolio.
• CochlearcoreTechnology or IntegrationCochlear implants are surgically implanted at Touma Hearing Centers for patients with severe hearing loss who do not benefit from traditional hearing aids.
• Advanced BionicscoreTechnology or IntegrationAdvanced Bionics cochlear implant technology is available for qualifying patients with severe hearing loss.
• Huntington Internal Medical Group (HIMG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Touma is affiliated with Huntington Internal Medical Group. The Huntington office is located within HIMG facilities, facilitating integrated care coordination.
• St. Mary's Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Touma performs surgeries at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, WV, providing surgical care for cochlear implants and other implantable hearing devices.
• Cabell Huntington HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Touma is affiliated with Cabell Huntington Hospital where he serves as Medical Director of the Balance Center. He served as Otolaryngology Chief from 2005-2006.
• Marshall University School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Touma serves as a clinical instructor at Marshall University School of Medicine, training future otolaryngologists and maintaining academic connections.
• Three Gables Surgery CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Touma performs outpatient surgeries at Three Gables Surgery Center in Huntington, WV.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HearUSA: HearUSA is a network of audiology clinics offering hearing evaluations, hearing aid fittings, and related services — directly comparable to Touma's core practice model, though operating at greater scale across multiple states.
• Beltone: Beltone operates a national network of franchised audiology practices dispensing hearing aids and related audiology services — directly comparable in service offering and franchise/private-practice delivery model to Touma Hearing Centers.
• Miracle-Ear: Miracle-Ear is a nationwide chain of hearing aid retail centers offering hearing tests, fittings, and custom solutions — comparable to Touma as a competitor for hearing aid patients in the Tri-State region, though operating at much larger scale.
• Costco Hearing Aid Centers: Costco operates in-store hearing aid centers offering audiometric testing and dispensing major hearing aid brands at discount prices — directly competing with Touma on price-sensitive hearing aid buyers in overlapping geographies.

Broad incumbents

• ENT and Allergy Associates: ENT and Allergy Associates is a large multi-specialty physician group with comprehensive ENT and audiology services — a broader incumbent offering similar clinical services (otology, audiology, hearing aids) at significantly greater scale across the Northeast.
• Sonova (Phonak parent): Sonova is the global hearing healthcare company behind Phonak — a key Touma partner — and operates retail audiology networks (e.g., AudioNova), making it both supplier and competitor to independent practices like Touma Hearing Centers.
• WS Audiology (Signia/Widex parent): WS Audiology is a major hearing aid manufacturer (Signia, Widex, TruHearing brands) that supplies Touma and increasingly operates its own retail audiology channels — both a key partner and a competitive threat to independent practices.

Others

• Cochlear Limited: Cochlear Limited is the global leader in cochlear implant technology and a Core technology partner for Touma's implant program — comparable as the supplier enabling Touma's surgical implant revenue stream.
• Demant (Oticon parent): Demant is a leading global hearing healthcare group (Oticon, Bernafon, Sonic brands) that supplies hearing aids to independent practices like Touma and operates diagnostic/retail platforms — relevant supplier comparable in the manufacturer's ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Lexie Hearing: Lexie Hearing is a direct-to-consumer online hearing aid brand offering FDA-cleared OTC devices with remote support — an emerging disruptive channel targeting the same mild-to-moderate hearing loss patients Touma serves through in-clinic fittings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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