ESCO & YHN – Aug 2020

Your Hearing Now has partnered with ESCO, Ear Service Company, to offer our patients extended warranty coverage options at some of the most reasonable rates in the country. Protection plans are available for loss or accidental damage as well as coverage for normal wear & tear of your hearing instruments. It covers all technical repairs to your hearing instrument(s) if they are accidentally damaged. In case the hearing instrument is lost, your coverage will be used to replace the device. Total protection. Call us to discuss how ESCO can give you peace of mind!

Scratchpay – July 2020

YHN is pleased to announce the addition of ScratchPay as a financing option in addition to our Wells Fargo and Care Credit offerings. ScratchPay offers higher approval rates for those with less than stellar credit ratings, friendly terms, and a simple application process. Their Take 5 payment offers 0% APR, no deferred interest, and zero hidden fees. YHN is committed to offering our customer the best options for purchasing hearing aids.

YHN Donates to Kiva – Jun 2020

Your Hearing Now has been a Kiva supporter since 2009 and we continue to invest in underserved areas, specifically to female owned businesses. Kiva is an international non-profit that crowdfunds micro-loans to financially excluded areas around the world. A Kiva loan enables someone to grow a business and create opportunity not only for themselves, but others as well. This ripple effect can shape the future for a family or an entire community..

YHN & Harbor Style Magazine – Apr 2020

Thank you Harbor Style Magazine for having Your Hearing Now in your Suncoast spotlight!

Physician & Medical Guide – Apr 2020

Did you see our ad in the spring edition of the Physician & Medical Guide? Call for your free hearing evaluation 941-564-9780.

FSW 5K – Feb 2020

It was another 5k for Your Hearing Now at Florida SouthWestern State College. Proceeds went towards supporting the students at Collegiate High School.

3rd Annual Elite Fitness Health Fair – Jan 2020

Your Hearing Now was pleased to accept an invitation to participate in the 3rd annual Elite Fitness Health Fair that included special demonstrations, random give-aways, and a raffle. Thank you Julie Anne McGready for allowing us premier access to this event.

Winners of Logo Sportswear Photo Contest – Dec 2019

Your Hearing Now & the Louise Picard Foundation win the December 2019 Logo Sportswear photo contest!

Atlanta Braves Tomahawk 5K – Nov 2019

It was a crisp and sunny day to proudly represent Your Hearing Now & the Louise Picard Foundation in the inaugural Atlanta Braves Tomahawk 5k.

Harbor Style Magazine – Oct 2019

Did you catch the Your Hearing Now ad in the November issue of the Harbor Style Magazine? Call today for your free hearing test and evaluation 941.564.9780

Happy 4th of July – Jul 2019

Elite Health Fair – Jan 2019

It was another successful health fair sponsored by Jam Fit and Elite Fitness. YHN offered video otoscopy, hearing screenings, and a Spin-To-Win Wheel with prizes for each participant.

Elite Health Fair – Jan 2018

Louise Picard Foundation – Jan 2018

Your Hearing Now is pleased to announce the creation of the Louise Picard Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation named for our late co-founder, Louise Picard, whose untimely death in 2015 from Glioblastoma brain cancer was a shock to all and affected many.  The Louise Picard Foundation is dedicated to providing hearing instruments and related services to those unable to afford assistance. While the Foundation is mostly funded through Your Hearing Now, one hundred percent of all monetary donations go toward hearing instruments and related care for recipients. More information can be found at PicardFoundation.org.

PR Hurricane Relief – Dec 2017

YHN participated in the 5K Walk for Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief sponsored by the Hispanic-American Citizens Council of Charlotte County. The funds were raised for the citizens of Puerto Rico recovering from Hurricane Irma. With the Nations Association of Fort Myers, HACC will provide the donations raised, along with funds from the Lee County Chapter, during the second week of December.

#GivingTuesday – Dec 2017

In honor of #GivingTuesday, Your Hearing Now has made a financial donation to Kiva, an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. 100% of money lent on Kiva goes to funding loans. With Kiva, anyone can help a borrower start or grow a business, go to school, access clean energy or realize their potential. For some, it’s a matter of survival, for others it’s the fuel for a life-long ambition. #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to inspire people to give back in impactful ways to charities and causes they support and to encourage philanthropy and celebrate generosity worldwide.

Jane Goodall Institute – Jul 2017

“Around the world, Dr. Jane Goodall’s work renews one of our most powerful resources: Hope.” That quote from the JGI website, explains why YHN has chosen to donate to and support the Jane Goodall Institute. JGI protects chimpanzees, conserves critical habitat, strengthens surrounding communities, and empowers the next generation of conservation leaders. We’re pleased to be a small part of that.

New Logo & Redesigned Website – Jun 2017

We’re pleased to announce the relaunch of Your Hearing Now, Inc and introduce a new logo and a redesigned and improved website. We’ve got a fresh new look and hope the appearance and experience will better serve you. A special thanks to Candee Gulick, owner of CeJay Associates for her web design and continued support and we thank our clients and you for visiting YourHearingNow.Com

YHN & Siemens – Jun 2014

We’re pleased to welcome Cheryl Lechtenberg, from Siemens, to our account. We know our patients will enjoy the advanced benefits and features the Siemens products have to offer. Thank you, Cheryl, for you support!

YHN & FL Tele Relay – May 2014

The Florida Telecommunications Relay is a statewide non-profit organization that provides special telephones for the hard of hearing, deaf, deaf/blind, and speech impaired Floridians. The program loans special telephone equipment for as long as it’s needed to help people communicate more easily. These phones are loaned on a long-term basis at no charge. If you believe you or someone you know might qualify for this valuable service, please call us so we can help at 941-564-9780.

YHN Foundation Donation – Feb 2014

Your Hearing Now Foundation Donation – Feb 2014

Jean and James have been together since 1974. They’ve lived throughout the United States as Jim’s various jobs had him relocating and traveling often. His jobs have ranged from working on nuclear submarines; oiled field platforms; anchor boat in the engine room; iron worker; and structural steel manufacturing. Unfortunately, all of these roles have been in noised induced environments where the decibel levels have been as high as 120dB. It’s no surprise that many years prior to retirement, Jim found himself with a 60% hearing loss that has continued to degrade. Two previous pair of hearing instruments made Jim’s ability to hear in noise impossible and he found them intolerable to wear. Not anymore! It’s our great pleasure to have successfully fitted Jim with world class technology that he can wear all the time in any environment.

YHN & Instagram – FEb 2014

In our continuing commitment to social media for information and inspiration, Your Hearing Now has added Instagram in addition to maintaining our own website, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. We hope to use Instragram for uplifting and inspiring photos of our hearing technology, our clients, and our practice. We welcome you to participate with us and we thank you for your support.

YHN & Avon Walk for Breast Cancer – Feb 2014

For the second year, Your Hearing Now is happy to sponsor Karla Thurs for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.  We wish her luck in this worthy cause. Thanks to the inspired efforts of 180,000 Avon Walk participants, $472 million has been raised and donated to breast cancer programs since 2003.  The support funds research to find a cure or prevention, as well as programs that enable all patients to access quality care. A key priority is the medically underserved, including low-income, elderly, and minority individuals. An average 80% of net funds raised by an Avon Walk stays in the area where the event takes place. The remaining 20% helps ensure that care programs in all 50 states, as well as national research programs, have adequate funding to make the most progress possible in the fight against breast cancer.

YHN & CCHC – Jan 2014

Happy Birthday Pam Mertens! Your Hearing Now followed Pam’s wishes in making a donation to the Charlotte County Homeless Coalition in place of a gift. We wish Pam the very best and will post photos from her party soon (pictured: Pam & Ted Mertens).  Founded in 1989, the Charlotte County Homeless Coalition leads the drive to assisting individuals and families in need. Our clients are not only the chronically homeless, but many families and individuals hit hard by the economy and foreclosure crisis. (CCHC website)

YHN & Kiva– December 2013

YHN & Kiva– December 2013

We’re pleased to be one of a million lender members supporting micro loans through Kiva.  Kiva connects thousands of people to borrowers and partner institutions around the world, working together to create opportunity and alleviate poverty. Your Hearing Now has been contributing to Kiva since August of 2009.

2nd Annual AMVETS Golf Tournament – November 2013

2^nd Annual AMVETS Golf Tournament – November 2013

Another charity golf scramble! Your Hearing Now participated in the second annual AMVETS Golf Tournament at Bobcat Trail with proceeds to go to the Wounded Warrior Project and Wreaths Across America. While the day started out cold and overcast, the sun did eventually appear and the turn out for the event was wonderful for this great cause. Thank you Judy (middle) and Mary (right) for joining us.

YHN & World Food Program – Nov 2013

YHN & World Food Program – November 2013

Your Hearing Now is committed to using various avenues to help with relief efforts for the Philippines.  The first we’ve chosen is the World Food Program.  As the world’s largest humanitarian organization, World Food Program fed more than 99 million people in 75 countries last year alone.  The WFP USA is a Better Business Bureau-accredited charity and is rated Four Stars — the highest ranking — by Charity Navigator, so we and you can feel good about making a donation.

Toy Chest & Holiday Food program – Nov 2013

In 2012, 437 families in North Port (Sarasota County) registered for assistance for the annual Toy Chest and Holiday Food program. Toy Chest provides toy and other presents for children 14 and younger and the Holiday Food Program provides Thanksgiving meals via their 12 Day or Giving. Your Hearing Now was pleased to donate gift cards for this worthy cause that involves social services, The Salvation Army, the Mayors Feed & Hungry program, and the Sertoma Club.  More information about his can be found by contacting Zulma Solero (pictured middle above) of North Port social services at 941-429-3700.

YHN & “Kick Breast Cancer” Bike Event – October 2013

YHN & “Kick Breast Cancer” Bike Event – October 2013

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Your Hearing Now is pleased to have participated in the 10 mile 8^th annual Trek Breast Cancer Awareness Ride sponsored by the Bicycle Center in Port Charlotte. Thank you Kim Campanella, owner of Bicycle Center, for hosting

YHN Goes Live on Twitter– October 2013

YHN Goes Live on Twitter– October 2013

After trying to avoid it for as long as possible, Your Hearing Now is live on Twitter and will soon be available directly from our website home page. Do we believe we’re going to have a lot of followers? No.  However, our hearing instrument manufacturers are on Twitter and many other industry sources such as The Hearing Journal, American Academy for Audiology, and Hear the World are all using Twitter. Our goal is to make our tweets separate and distinct from our web site new releases, our Facebook and Google+ updates, our LinkedIn account, and our Pinterest boards.

YHN & Oticon’s “Pink with a Purpose” Campaign – October 2013

YHN & Oticon’s “Pink with a Purpose” Campaign – October 2013

For our fourth year in a row, Your Hearing Now is pleased promote National Breast Cancer Awareness month by participating in Oticon’s “Pink with a Purpose” campaign.  This provides us an added incentive to promote the premium solutions offered in the Alta family of services because a portion of each sale will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Coalition to fund lifesaving research. YHN has specially designed “Pink with a Purpose” shirts, desktop displays, and individually packaged Alta shells that we’re distributing with Oticon’s latest “Sound Advice” magazine.

YHN Foundation Donation – August 2013

Your Hearing Now Foundation Donation – August 2013

Jeannine is originally from Chicago, IL. She lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for 24 years where she raised four girls.  She has lived in Florida for 24 years.  Jeannine is a retired x-ray technician and now working in medical records for the Fort Myers jail.   When she’s not working she enjoys watching her four grandchildren who range in age from 14 years of age to four months old. Jeannine is also a breast cancer survivor.  We’re so excited to be able to help this working gal hear optimally anywhere, anytime, with ultimate performance through the Your Hearing Now Foundation. The Your Hearing Now Foundation provides hearing instruments and related care to those who do not have the resources available to them to treat their hearing loss. The Your Hearing Now Foundation selects recipients from our local community whose lives will be greatly enhanced by the gift of hearing. We see helping those in our community as a social and humanitarian responsibility that we’re glad to help meet.

YHN & LinkedIn, Pinterest, & Google+ – June 2013

In addition to our own website and Facebook, Your Hearing Now has added social media sites LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ to announce company developments and educate about our services. Linkedin is the world’s largest professional network with 225 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the globe. Pinetrest is an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires us and our patients as it relates to hearing care and loss. We will be using Pinterest to promote beautiful and unique pins to the nearly 5 million users who spend an average of 15 minutes per day on the site. We will be adding images and videos and online collages to help market our products. Like Facebook, Google+ is a way for us to connect with our existing patients, new patients, and the community at large to notify all of our recent developments.

YHN & Oticon’s “Make It Personal” Seminar – April 2013

YHN & Oticon’s “Make It Personal” Seminar – April 2013

Your Hearing Now completed Oticon’s “Make It Personal” training in Fort Myers hosted by Jo Ann Smith, Steven Myhre, and Debbie Gillette (below middle). Hear more anywhere, anytime, with the ultimate performance of Alta. By “ultimate,” we mean the most advanced hearing technology Oticon has ever designed. For you, this means better hearing with less fatigue, due to Alta’s speech clarity, directionality, and connectivity. What makes all this performance even more effective is that it can be personalized, with more detail and automation than ever, to fit your unique hearing profile and lifestyle. Wherever you go, whatever you do, make it your life and your world — with Alta.

YHN & Phonak’s New Q Series – April 2013

YHN & Phonak’s New Q Series – April 2013

Your Hearing Now completed Phonak’s new Q series training in Tampa hosted by Jane Rentz.  The new Q series delivers great sound quality and performance where it matters most, in the most difficult listening situations. We’re now ready to offer Phonak’s unique features including Binaural VoiceStreaming technology that detects the speech signal and ensures that you can hear it clearly in both ears.

YHN & Heron Creek Middle School Band – April 2013

YHN & Heron Creek Middle School Band – April 2013

Your Hearing Now contributes to and supports the Heron Creek Middle School Band Program.  We were pleased to meet Daniel (left), who plays the saxophone and Mark (right), who plays the trumpet.  We wish them the best in their musical endeavors and fund raising efforts.

YHN Support Peace River Wildlife Center – March 2013

YHN Participates in Hands Across the Harbor – January 2013

Your Hearing Now made a donation to the Peace River Wildlife Center for their “Bike for the Birds” event in support of their efforts to rescue wildlife and rehabilitate birds. Started in 1978, the wildlife center has treated over one hundred thousand birds and small animals, offering a high level of skilled care by trained and permitted wildlife rehabilitation specialists with years of experience in treating native fauna disease and trauma. The mission of the Peace River Wildlife Center is to treat and rehabilitate injured and orphaned native Florida wildlife (except venomous snakes) and, if possible, to return them to the wild.  If they cannot be returned to their natural habitat due to sustained non life-threatening physical limitations, a permanent home shall be provided by the Center. We also seek to inform the public about native Florida wildlife and how to co-exist with these beautiful creatures successfully through formal educational outreach activities.  More about  the PRWC can be found at https://www.peaceriverwildlifecenter.com/

YHN Sponsors a Friend

YHN Sponsors a Friend for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer – February 2013

Your Hearing Now has sponsor Karla Thurs in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer June 1-2, in Chicago, IL.  Thanks to the inspired efforts of 180,000 Avon Walk participants, more than $440 million has been raised and donated to breast cancer programs since 2003. Donations support funds research to find a cure or prevention, as well as programs that enable all patients to access quality care. A key priority is the medically underserved, including low-income, elderly, and minority individuals. We’re pleased help Karla meet her goal of raising $1,800 (and her Team’s goal of raising $5,000) for this worthy cause.

YHN Moves to Larger Fort Myers-West Location – October 2012

YHN Moves to Larger Fort Myers-West Location – October 2012

Your Hearing Now is pleased to announce our move to a much larger 1,000 square foot suite located at Troast & Associates Internal Medicine.  The rapid growth of our Fort Myers client base spurred us to seek a larger facility with additional conveniences for our patients.  Nancy Troast, D.O. specializes in internal medicine in Fort Myers, Florida and she graduated medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1983.  She has been practicing in Lee County since 1987 and has 30 years of experience in her field. Dr. Troast has won the Patients’ Choice Award 2008 through 2010 and was listed as one of the Top Ten Doctors in 2012. She’s married to Darrell Troast, D.O., of Island Coast Pediatrics, and they have five wonderful daughters.

YHN participates in Oticon’s “Think Pink”

YHN participates in Oticon’s “Think Pink” Campaign – September 2012

For the third year in a row, Your Hearing Now is pleased to participate in Oticon’s fifth annual Think Pink Campaign to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Coalition to support Breast Cancer Research. “The annual Oticon Think Pink campaign resonates with hearing care professionals and clients alike – giving people with hearing loss the opportunity to choose the performance they need and the modern design they want and, at the same time, support a very deserving cause,” says Peer Lauritsen (pictured middle above), president of Oticon, Inc.

YHN Accepts Invitation to Oticon’s US Headquarters

YHN Accepts Invitation to Oticon’s US Headquarters – August 2012

Maurya Hellane; Pat Robertson, AuD, Oticon Special Projects Manager Oticon Inc;
Louise Picard

Your Hearing Now accepted an invitation to tour the new Oticon headquarters in Somerset, N.J.  In addition to receiving extensive training on the new custom invisible-in-the-canal Intiga i, we toured the labs and centers that create the devices and met many of those dedicated to its success.

YHN Celebrates Avery Mourning’s 100th Birthday

YHN Celebrates Avery Mourning’s 100^th Birthday – July 2012

Your Hearing Now was honored to celebrate Avery Mourning’s, 100^th birthday at her residence, Village Place, in Port Charlotte.  We’re pleased to have her as a patient. Avery spent many years with In-The-Ear (ITE) technology that simply did not allow her to hear adequately. Even at the tender age of 99, we were able to fit her happily and successfully that has allowed her to participate in her social activities.

Maurya Hellane; Pat Robertson, AuD, Oticon Special Projects Manager Oticon Inc;
Louise Picard