Ear Community is a 
The Founder
Hello Everyone, My name is Melissa Tumblin. I am not a medical doctor nor am I a psychologist, but I am a mother to a child who was born without her right ear who has hearing loss. I am a stay at home mom who is married to my best friend, Brent, and I have two very happy little girls, … [Read More...]
Hearing Loss
This section contains information about mixed hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and conductive hearing loss. You will find helpful resources for hearing loss, information about bone anchored auditory processors … [Read More...]
Can’t Afford a Hearing Device?
Ear Community is proud to partner with both Cochlear Americas and Oticon Medical to help individuals with Microtia and Atresia obtain new bone conduction hearing devices when qualifying through Ear Community's application process. The processor models that are available through Ear … [Read More...]
Microtia & Atresia
What is Microtia / What is Atresia? Microtia is a congenital anomaly affecting the outer ear (pinna) where the ear does not fully develop during the first trimester of pregnancy. A Microtia ear … [Read More...]
Oticon Medical’s Sentio™ System Receives Regulatory Clearance in the US
Business Wire Fri, Jul 12, 2024, 6:16 AM MDT ASKIM, Sweden, July 12, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oticon Medical announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance … [Read More...]
Cochlear receives FDA clearance to lower the age for the Osia® System to 5-years-old
April 19th, 2024 Media Contact Christy LaPlante Public Relations Manager Cochlear Americas pr-cochlearamericas@cochlear.com In the United States, the Osia System is now cleared for … [Read More...]
Happy 14th Birthday to the Ear Community Organization! – May 20th, 2024
TODAY, May 20th, is Ear Community's Birthday! Our organization is 14 years old! Ear Community is the first parent-driven nonprofit to serve the microtia and atresia community. Our organization is … [Read More...]
May 3rd is Good Vibrations Day | Bone Anchored Awareness Day
Gothenburg 22 April 2024 Oticon Medical will celebrate the fourth annual Good Vibrations Day/Bone Anchored Awareness Day on May 3rd, 2024. This non-branded occasion was developed to raise … [Read More...]
