Media
Welcome to our media centre. hearX’s products have been featured by various media outlets across the globe.
Videos
Radio Interviews
![Cape Talk FM Logo hearX Group founder, De Wet Swanepoel featured on Cape Talk FM: Are you constantly exposed to loud noises? Your health may be in danger](/assets/images/media/radio/cape-talk.png)
Are you constantly exposed to loud noises? Your health may be in danger
With De Wet Swanepoel
Hosted by CapeTalk
14 June 2023 | Duration: 06:52 minutes
![Hearing Tracker Logo hearX® featured on Hearing Tracker: TeleAudiology: Virtual care for hearing loss and the future of hearing aid accessibility](/assets/images/media/radio/hearing-tracker.png)
TeleAudiology: Virtual care for hearing loss and the future of hearing aid accessibility
With De Wet Swanepoel
Hosted by The Hearing Tracker Podcast
23 September 2021 | Duration: 28 minutes
![SA FM Logo hearX® featured on SA FM: How does one manage a company as a young leader in SA?](/assets/images/media/radio/sa-fm-3x.png)
How Does One Manage a Company as a Young Leader in SA?
With Nic Klopper
Hosted by SAFM Sunrise
16 June 2020 | Duration: 10:38 minutes
![Future Ear Radio Logo hearX® featured on Furture Ear Radio: hearX, healthy hearing for everyone, everywhere](/assets/images/media/radio/futurear-logo-copy-new.jpg)
hearX® & Healthy Hearing for Everyone, Everywhere
With De Wet Swanepoel
Hosted by FuturEar
11 February 2021 | Duration: 01:01:20 minutes
Articles
![hearX Group founder De Wet Swanepoel weighs in on the video games on hearing health hearX Group founder De Wet Swanepoel weighs in on the video games on hearing health](/assets/images/media/articles/kake-logo.png)
Video gamers may be risking hearing loss or tinnitus, study finds
January 2024
![hearX® listed among prominent companies influencing the digital hearing screener market landscape hearX® listed among prominent companies influencing the digital hearing screener market landscape](/assets/images/media/articles/the-nelson-post.png)
Digital hearing screener market growing rapidly globally
November 2023
![HolonIQ HolonIQ](/assets/images/media/articles/holon-iq-logo.png)
2022 Africa Health Tech 50
October 2022
![The Hearing Journal logo The Hearing Journal logo](/assets/images/media/articles/the-hearing-journal.png)
Audiologist innovates digital hearing health space with teleaudiology
May 2023
![Business Tech Logo Business Tech Logo](/assets/images/media/articles/businesstech-logo.webp)
These are the 20 fastest-growing companies in South Africa
May 2023
![hearX Group has been named as a top healthcare company by The Silicon Review hearX Group has been named as a top healthcare company by The Silicon Review](/assets/images/media/articles/Silicon review logo.png)
An innovator delivering outstanding digital hearing health solutions: hearX Group
April 2023
![Tackling Africa's hearing problem is not simple but hearX want to make early detection and treatment possible Tackling Africa's hearing problem is not simple but hearX want to make early detection and treatment possible](/assets/images/media/articles/inc-africa.png)
Tackling Africa's hearing problem is not simple but hearX want to make early detection and treatment possible
January 2023
![hearX® included in the list of Top 40 South African based artificial intelligence companies hearX® included in the list of Top 40 South African based artificial intelligence companies](/assets/images/media/articles/holon-iq.png)
HolonIQ’s annual list of the 50 most promising Health Tech startups from Sub Saharan Africa
October 2022
![Tech investment key to creating sustainable change in SA Tech investment key to creating sustainable change in SA](/assets/images/media/articles/ventureburn.png)
Tech investment key to creating sustainable change in SA
August 2022
![hearX® recognized for the online hearing assessment we buildt for Best Buy hearX® recognized for the online hearing assessment we buildt for Best Buy](/assets/images/media/articles/best-buy.png)
Best Buy launches new experience for customers with hearing loss
August 2022
![More than 1.5 billion people suffer hearing loss globally More than 1.5 billion people suffer hearing loss globally](/assets/images/media/articles/EWN.png)
More than 1.5 billion people suffer hearing loss globally
June 2022
![hearX® recognized as one of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies. hearX® recognized as one of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies.](/assets/images/media/articles/businesstech-logo.webp)
hearX Group amongst the fastest growing companies in Africa
May 2022
![Hearing care by community health workers using digital technologies Hearing care by community health workers using digital technologies](/assets/images/media/articles/ENT-UK-Original-Logo.png)
Hearing care by community health workers using digital technologies
January 2022
![hearX® announced as top mHealth Market 2021 company hearX® announced as top mHealth Market 2021 company](/assets/images/media/articles/Industrial-it.png)
mHealth Market 2021 company overview, recent developments and SWOT analysis 2026
January 2022
![hearX® takes pride in providing new ways to overcome traditional barriers to the detection, diagnosis and treatment of disabling hearing loss hearX® takes pride in providing new ways to overcome traditional barriers to the detection, diagnosis and treatment of disabling hearing loss](/assets/images/media/articles/International Finance Logo.png)
Providing affordable and accessible hearing healthcare solutions
December 2021
![hearX's hearX® Self Test Kit, self hearing screening solution, was announced as an award winner in the Hearing Technology Innovator Mobile Testing category hearX's hearX® Self Test Kit, self hearing screening solution, was announced as an award winner in the Hearing Technology Innovator Mobile Testing category](/assets/images/media/articles/hearX-is-award-winner-in-the-Hearing-Technology-Innovator-Mobile-Testing-category.png)
hearX® is award winner in the Hearing Technology Innovator Mobile Testing category
November 2021
![A mission to achieve healthy hearing for everyone, everywhere, Nic Klopper a 2021 Africas Business Hero A mission to achieve healthy hearing for everyone, everywhere, Nic Klopper a 2021 Africas Business Hero](/assets/images/media/articles/pan african visions logo.jpg)
A mission to achieve healthy hearing for everyone, everywhere - 2021 ABH Top 20 hero Nic Klopper
October 2021
![Prof De Wet Swanepoel, founder at hearX Group, speaks about how scientists are overcoming hearing healthcare accessibility challenges in Africa with the aid of new telehealth technologies Prof De Wet Swanepoel, founder at hearX Group, speaks about how scientists are overcoming hearing healthcare accessibility challenges in Africa with the aid of new telehealth technologies](/assets/images/media/articles/hearing-tracker.png)
TeleAudiology: Virtual care for hearing loss and the future of hearing aid accessibility
September 2021
![hearX® CEO, Nic Klopper, speaks to hardwarethings about how medical device inventors are grappling with unclear local standards hearX® CEO, Nic Klopper, speaks to hardwarethings about how medical device inventors are grappling with unclear local standards](/assets/images/media/articles/hardwarethings-logo-white.png)
Quality Assurance - How medical device inventors are grappling with unclear local standards
September 2021
![hearX® included in the list of Top 40 South African based artificial intelligence companies hearX® included in the list of Top 40 South African based artificial intelligence companies](/assets/images/media/articles/futureology.png)
40 Most innovative South Africa based artificial intelligence companies
September 2021
![Prof De Wet is a leading thinker in remote hearing care and is one of the key players behind hearX Group and the quickly growing Lexie Hearing brand Prof De Wet is a leading thinker in remote hearing care and is one of the key players behind hearX Group and the quickly growing Lexie Hearing brand](/assets/images/media/articles/Hear-Soundly_Dark.png)
95% Of Patients Could Benefit From Remote Care - An interview with Prof De Wet Swanepoel
May 2021
![Nic Klopper, hearX® CEO, announced as the one of the Technology Innovators' Top 50 healthtech CEO's of 2021 Nic Klopper, hearX® CEO, announced as the one of the Technology Innovators' Top 50 healthtech CEO's of 2021](/assets/images/media/articles/healthcare-2021-logo-white.jpg)
Technology Innovators' Top 50 healthtech CEOs 2021
May 2021
![Mobile technology for ear and hearing care is rapidly growing and changing Mobile technology for ear and hearing care is rapidly growing and changing](/assets/images/media/articles/ent_audiology_news.png)
Mobile technologies to support global ear and hearing care
May 2021
![During this rapidly changing landscape, hearing care professionals have an opportunity to rethink and reinvent the way they provide care During this rapidly changing landscape, hearing care professionals have an opportunity to rethink and reinvent the way they provide care](/assets/images/media/articles/ent_audiology_news.png)
Advances in ear and hearing telehealth
May 2021
![Approximately four million South Africans suffer from hearing loss Approximately four million South Africans suffer from hearing loss](/assets/images/media/articles/news24-983x284.png)
‘Invisible epidemic’ probed
March 2021
![South African startup hearX Group, has completed a $8.3 million Series A fundraise as it bids to expand its reach in the United States South African startup hearX Group, has completed a $8.3 million Series A fundraise as it bids to expand its reach in the United States](/assets/images/media/articles/disrupt-africa.png)
SA e-health startup hearX Group raises $8.3m Series A funding round
February 2021
![hearX Group has completed a multimillion-dollar funding round led by Bose Ventures, the United States venture capital group within Bose Corporation hearX Group has completed a multimillion-dollar funding round led by Bose Ventures, the United States venture capital group within Bose Corporation](/assets/images/media/articles/hhtmlogo2.jpg)
hearX Group Raises $8.3M, Led by Bose Ventures, to Enhance Hearing Care Strategy
February 2021
![hearX Group has completed a multimillion-dollar funding round led by US-based venture capital group Bose Ventures hearX Group has completed a multimillion-dollar funding round led by US-based venture capital group Bose Ventures](/assets/images/media/articles/itweb_logo_main.png)
hearX Group expands to US, Africa after funding deals
February 2021
![hearX® secures undisclosed investment amount from Futuregrowth hearX® secures undisclosed investment amount from Futuregrowth](/assets/images/media/articles/Ventureburn_logo.jpg)
Innovative SA medtech startup receives funding
February 2021
![hearX Group is excited to announce the release of its first ever client-facing desktop application (hearScope) in August 2020 hearX Group is excited to announce the release of its first ever client-facing desktop application (hearScope) in August 2020](/assets/images/media/articles/at2030.png)
A world-first, affordable smartphone video otoscope by hearX®
October 2020
![The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Pretoria has been formally designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the prevention of deafness and hearing loss The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Pretoria has been formally designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the prevention of deafness and hearing loss](/assets/images/media/articles/tuks.png)
UP designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for hearing loss – a first in Africa
November 2020
![The Hearing Place announced recently it has expanded the area in which it is offering at-home testing, with the hearX® Self Test Kit The Hearing Place announced recently it has expanded the area in which it is offering at-home testing, with the hearX® Self Test Kit](/assets/images/media/articles/greeley-tribune-logo.jpg)
The Hearing Place expands at-home testing service area throughout northern Colorado
September 2020
![The changing landscape for hearing care professionals requires changing practices The changing landscape for hearing care professionals requires changing practices](/assets/images/media/articles/hearing-that-matters-logo.png)
Consumer-Driven Care and the Future of Hearing Healthcare
September 2020
![hearX Group has partnered with Discovery Vitality to offer hearing & vision screening checks as part of Vitality 65+ hearX Group has partnered with Discovery Vitality to offer hearing & vision screening checks as part of Vitality 65+](/assets/images/media/articles/arthurg-Gadget-logo_600_2.jpg)
Vitality adds hearX® screening tech
September 2020
![hearX Group's hearX® Self Test Kit solution allows patients to test their hearing while maintaining social distancing practices during the COVID-19 pandemic hearX Group's hearX® Self Test Kit solution allows patients to test their hearing while maintaining social distancing practices during the COVID-19 pandemic](/assets/images/media/articles/greeley-tribune-logo.jpg)
Northeastern Colorado audiology center, The Hearing Place, launches at-home testing service
August 2020
![World Health Organisation ear & hearing survey handbook World Health Organisation ear & hearing survey handbook](/assets/images/media/articles/media_articles_enta_logo.png)
WHO ear and hearing survey handbook
April 2020
![Developing a solution to improve the accessibility of hearing healthcare was the idea that sparked hearX Group Developing a solution to improve the accessibility of hearing healthcare was the idea that sparked hearX Group](/assets/images/media/articles/who.jpg)
A hearing test solution for all
April 2020
![hearScreen® is a hearing screening solution on a smartphone hearScreen® is a hearing screening solution on a smartphone](/assets/images/media/articles/pm-logo.png)
Sounds Good
March 2020
![hearScope is a world-first digital otoscope for affordable access to ear care using a smartphone hearScope is a world-first digital otoscope for affordable access to ear care using a smartphone](/assets/images/media/articles/skylogo_dark.png)
hearScope
March 2020
![hearX Group has provided affordable access to hearing healthcare to over 100 000 people across SA through its hearScreen® hearing screening solution hearX Group has provided affordable access to hearing healthcare to over 100 000 people across SA through its hearScreen® hearing screening solution](/assets/images/media/articles/Health-Strategies-and-Reform-Logo.png)
Hearing screening app reaches 100K South Africans
January 2020
![Developed by hearX Group, a South African digital hearing company, the new ZVOX test is based on a recently published study of hearing assessment Developed by hearX Group, a South African digital hearing company, the new ZVOX test is based on a recently published study of hearing assessment](/assets/images/media/articles/Hearing-Review-Log-DRK.png)
ZVOX Announces New Online Hearing Screening Ahead of Over The Counter (OTC) Hearing Aid Regulation Implementation
November 2019
![The hearScreen® audiometry solution provides a quick and reliable hearing check using automated protocols and user-friendly designs The hearScreen® audiometry solution provides a quick and reliable hearing check using automated protocols and user-friendly designs](/assets/images/media/articles/itweb_logo_main.png)
We used smartphones to screen young children for vision and hearing loss
October 2019
![hearX Group's Ears and Eyes for Education community-based programme chosen as one of the Google Impact winners hearX Group's Ears and Eyes for Education community-based programme chosen as one of the Google Impact winners](/assets/images/media/articles/bz-logo-flat-250x88.png)
Google South Africa announces winners of first Impact Challenge Africa
November 2018
Simplifying hearing screening
June 2018
![The vision with the hearX® apps are to eliminate avoidable hearing impairment through early detection The vision with the hearX® apps are to eliminate avoidable hearing impairment through early detection](/assets/images/media/articles/IT_News_Africa_Res.png)
Hearing tests go digital
May 2018
![hearScreen®, developed at the University of Pretoria, is designed to make hearing screenings as simple as possible hearScreen®, developed at the University of Pretoria, is designed to make hearing screenings as simple as possible](/assets/images/media/articles/vodacom.png)
App-Based Hearing Screenings for 10,000 Children
January 2018
![A cellphone based hearing test, called hearScreen®, are helpful in developing countries where screenings are needed A cellphone based hearing test, called hearScreen®, are helpful in developing countries where screenings are needed](/assets/images/media/articles/Finweek.png)
We’ve developed a hearing app that can screen people in rural areas
November 2017
![A revolutionary new otoscope, called hearScope, is using artificial intelligence to dramatically improve access to ear and hearing care A revolutionary new otoscope, called hearScope, is using artificial intelligence to dramatically improve access to ear and hearing care](/assets/images/media/articles/hearingReview.png)
Spotlight on Innovation - hearScope
November 2017
Accelerate 2030: How entrepreneurs are boosting sustainable development
November 2017
![hearScope, a new video otoscope for early diagnosis of mid ear infections hearScope, a new video otoscope for early diagnosis of mid ear infections](/assets/images/media/articles/ent_audiology_news.png)
hearScope Smashes its Crowd Funding Target
September 2017
![hearX Group has smashed its fundraising target after launching an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for its new product, hearScope hearX Group has smashed its fundraising target after launching an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for its new product, hearScope](/assets/images/media/articles/ITUNewsMagazine_banner.png)
SA's hearX Group crowdfunding campaign oversubscribed
August 2017
![hearX Group has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for its new product, hearScope hearX Group has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for its new product, hearScope](/assets/images/media/articles/hearing-aid-know.jpg)
SA's hearX Group crowdfunding for smartphone device
August 2017
![The frugal nature of hearScope is that it will be at least a 50% cost-saving on existing video-otoscope technologies The frugal nature of hearScope is that it will be at least a 50% cost-saving on existing video-otoscope technologies](/assets/images/media/articles/disrupt-africa.png)
How This Startup from South Africa Is Disrupting Hearing Related Illness
August 2017
![hearScope by hearX Group, is a video scope which is used to look into the ear canal and attaches to an android mobile phone hearScope by hearX Group, is a video scope which is used to look into the ear canal and attaches to an android mobile phone](/assets/images/media/articles/VG.png)
A New Tool For Early Diagnosis of Mid Ear Infections
July 2017
![South African e-health startup, hearX Group, has raised just over $2.8 million from international investors & funding grants South African e-health startup, hearX Group, has raised just over $2.8 million from international investors & funding grants](/assets/images/media/articles/hearing-aid-know.jpg)
SA e-health startup hearX Group raises $2.8m funding
July 2017
![Nic Klopper, a social innovator who are working tirelessly to boost habitats, health and humanity Nic Klopper, a social innovator who are working tirelessly to boost habitats, health and humanity](/assets/images/media/articles/ecr.jpg)
Our CEO, Nic Klopper, is featured as an Impactful Innovator in the June edition of Destiny Man Magazine
June 2017
![hearScreen®, hearing screnning audiometer, announced as one of the 14 case study finalists that will be part of the UNESCO-Pearson Initiative for Literacy hearScreen®, hearing screnning audiometer, announced as one of the 14 case study finalists that will be part of the UNESCO-Pearson Initiative for Literacy](/assets/images/media/articles/Africa Health.png)
hearScreen® announced as a finalist for UNESCO-Pearson initiative for literacy
May 2017
![The e-health startup, hearX Group, has developed a smartphone app that accurately detects hearing loss & links patients to health services The e-health startup, hearX Group, has developed a smartphone app that accurately detects hearing loss & links patients to health services](/assets/images/media/articles/itweb_logo_main.png)
How We Built Our ‘World-First’ Invention Into A Successful Global Health Startup
May 2017
![An app called hearScreen®, can detect hearing loss with just a low-cost smartphone and a pair of headphones An app called hearScreen®, can detect hearing loss with just a low-cost smartphone and a pair of headphones](/assets/images/media/articles/disrupt-africa.png)
The 'invisible epidemic' afflicting millions globally
March 2017
![hearX Group had 4 testing kiosks with the hearZA® app, where tests could be administered in celebration of World Hearing Day hearX Group had 4 testing kiosks with the hearZA® app, where tests could be administered in celebration of World Hearing Day](/assets/images/media/articles/destiny_man.jpg)
Looking back at World Hearing Day 2017 in South Africa
March 2017
![hearZA®, is a world first clinically valid hearing test on a smartphone in under three minutes hearZA®, is a world first clinically valid hearing test on a smartphone in under three minutes](/assets/images/media/articles/unesco.png)
World Hearing Day: Tackling the silent epidemic
March 2017
![The hearZA® app, available for download on smartphones nationally, comprises of software to test one's hearing for free The hearZA® app, available for download on smartphones nationally, comprises of software to test one's hearing for free](/assets/images/media/articles/smesa.png)
World Hearing Day: How to readily test your hearing
March 2017
![RTI International partnered with South African firm hearScreen® and UK’s Peekvision for a proof of concept activity aimed at improving the classroom experience for children with disabilities RTI International partnered with South African firm hearScreen® and UK’s Peekvision for a proof of concept activity aimed at improving the classroom experience for children with disabilities](/assets/images/media/articles/bbc.jpg)
Invisible in the classroom: Addressing reading hurdles for low vision and hard of hearing students
February 2017
![The hearZA® app, developed and validated by the University of Pretoria, provides every user with a free hearing test The hearZA® app, developed and validated by the University of Pretoria, provides every user with a free hearing test](/assets/images/media/articles/saaa.png)
South African hearing app grows its reach
January 2017
![hearZA® is a proudly South African app developed at the University of Pretoria which uses a smartphone to detect hearing loss hearZA® is a proudly South African app developed at the University of Pretoria which uses a smartphone to detect hearing loss](/assets/images/media/articles/iol.png)
New app to detect hearing loss
January 2017
![hearZA®, a South African app that uses a smartphone to detect hearing loss, is on the way to worldwide use hearZA®, a South African app that uses a smartphone to detect hearing loss, is on the way to worldwide use](/assets/images/media/articles/ecr.jpg)
Now hear this! SA app that detects hearing loss is conquering the globe
December 2016
![hearScreen®, a smartphone hearing screening audiometer, is helping people in underserved & rural areas of South Africa to identify & treat problems hearScreen®, a smartphone hearing screening audiometer, is helping people in underserved & rural areas of South Africa to identify & treat problems](/assets/images/media/articles/rti.png)
App designed to detect hearing loss makes a big noise in South Africa
December 2016
![South African e-health startup is active in more than 25 countries across the world & planning on expanding to a further 15 South African e-health startup is active in more than 25 countries across the world & planning on expanding to a further 15](/assets/images/media/articles/brand-southafrica.png)
Revolutionary SA e-health innovation hearScreen® goes global
October 2016
![hearScreen® has been developed so that anyone who is literate can facilitate a hearing screening hearScreen® has been developed so that anyone who is literate can facilitate a hearing screening](/assets/images/media/articles/702.png)
Local innovation makes hearing screening services more accessible
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September 2016
![South African mobile health start-up, hearX Group, provides low-cost hearing tests South African mobile health start-up, hearX Group, provides low-cost hearing tests](/assets/images/media/articles/times-live.png)
Interview with De Wet Swanepoel, Co-Founder of hearScreen®
Times Live
January 2016
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Disrupt Africa
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