Ascent Hearing Care
Ascent Hearing Care is a UK high street retailer of hearing aids and assistive listening devices. Ascent was founded by Dr Michael Nolan on the 20th Feb 2007, with retail locations throughout the UK.
The company provides hearing aids and client care services in its high street centres as well as additional clinics and online shopping facilities.
Products and Services
The company primarily fit, program and supply hearing aids for private clients in centres around the UK, including Northern Ireland. All centres offer free hearing aid cleaning services and hearing tests to the public.
Hearing aid brands fitted by Ascent include Starkey Laboratories , AudioSync, Phonak , and Oticon . Ascent’s range of hearing aids include digital behind the ear fittings as well as receiver in canal, in the ear, in the canal, completely in canal and invisible in canal (IIC) fittings.
In May 2010 Ascent launched its online shop to make assistive listening devices and hearing health products available for online order and mail delivery. It also features details of the hearing aids that can be fitted in the company’s high street centres.
Ascent launched its online hearing check on their website in August 2010 as a way for individuals to check their level of hearing quickly, easily and accurately.
Advertisements
Ascent regularly advertise their upcoming products, services and offers to their clients in mail campaigns, and to the public through their high street centres. The company has also advertised in SAGA magazine .
Website
Ascent Hearing Care’s website launched in 2009. In addition to recent shop and hearing check updates as mentioned above, the site also functions as an information resource concerning hearing aids and hearing health. The website features sections on hearing aids, hearing health, news and advice concerning hearing loss and hearing aids.
The website homepage features advertisements for products, services and special offers, as well as highlighting particular items in the online shop. There are also sections for website terms & conditions, about the company, high street centre listings, contact details and associated links.
Charity Work
Ascent Hearing Care have worked closely with Sound Seekers to assist in fundraising drives so that children suffering with hearing loss in developing countries such as Namibia, Sierra Leone, India, Uganda and South Africa can benefit from hearing aids, hearing care services and items like mosquito nets to prevent malaria.