WELCOME TO HEARO WHERE HEARING WELL IS LIVING WELL
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Hearo is for consumers, people who have an interest for themselves or a loved one regarding their hearing health giving you access to downloads, blogs, an Ask An Audiologist and telehealth consultations, with a free consult where you get direct access without obligation to a leader in the field of Audiology.
Hearo is also for professionals, providing Canadian Physicians nation-wide ACCESS TO THE ONLY CFPC APPROVED COURSES RELATED TO AUDIOLOGY for up to 3 Mainpro+ certified credits
There is no other site like it, with information provided by a passionate Doctor of Audiology without any bias, influence, or motivation other than your hearing wellness.
What is hearo.ca?
Hearo is part of the Hearo Hearing Hub bringing together leading names in Audiology, resources and access to information unlike anything online.
It is independent and unbiased with relevant info from real people for real people. We’re not AI, we’re not industry-supported, we simply host audiology related resources and services for public benefit.
There are more services and features coming, stay tuned or you can follow our Facebook page, you can also join our Facebook group or subscribe to our updates. We promise not to spam you!
hearo.ca is consumer-facing Audiology Initiative, and ossicle.ca is a professional-facing Audiology Initiative, both are part of the Hearo Hearing Hub Inc.
QUESTIONS? ANSWERS!
You are unique and have specific questions. Googling, using AI searches, and browsing forums where every opinion differs and doesn’t match your particular needs is one way. Or you can consult Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology who is a real life clinician with real life experience and get your unique questions answered.
SOUND ADVICE
There are a lot of parts to your hearing journey and you need to be prepared for it all. Get advice about providers, procedures, practitioners, and product that is unbiased and honest. We are not affiliated with ANY interest that can sway our advice so you’re getting honest and transparent information.
TELE-HEALTH CONSULTS
We offer free initial tele-health consults via zoom, teams, face time or other means, whatever suits you. We can provide some paid consults that provide more direct information regardless of where you are and provide tele-health treatment in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Florida.
Here are some ways you can connect with Hearo
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Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology provides organizational presentations for communication advocacy with information, perspective, suggestions and a strategy to be more communication-accessible in both vision and hearing. Base fee for a 2 hour consultation is $500 CDN, including evaluation of select media that is pre-assessed, a presentation and a report summarizing recommendations. Additional time spent is charged at $130/hour. Learn more at https://hearo.ca/communication-advocacy/
Second Opinions
Reach out and ask your questions, share your thoughts and concerns and let Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., shed some light on the matter to help guide you in the right direction and give you more information specific to you that you may want to consider before making a decision on what you do about your hearing loss, product purchase, treatment plan, tinnitus management or wherever your journey has taken you. Get recommendations about pricing, product, services, providers, and clinics – just ask your question on the contact form below and we’ll set up a call or schedule a virtual appointment. This is basic information that helps you create a plan to execute locally, answer your questions or provide general information about conditions. To reach us, call us or email us or schedule a time to meet.
Physician Education
If you’re a Family Physician in Canada, you can take the ONLY and NATIONAL online live/self-paced or in-person Audiology Program to earn 3 credits towards your certification requirement from Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D. The Program has been reviewed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and approved by its rigorous certification CertPlus Program.
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) certifies continuing professional development (CPD) activities for Mainpro+® credit. The Cert+® Program is a vetted education program and Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D. runs the ONLY, NATIONAL, CANADIAN education program providing 3 credits for 3 hours of learning in person (currently and moving forward in 2025) and online (coming soon). Email us to get more information. Physicians info is available online and Hearing Care Providers wanting to hire Dr. Hilbert, Au.D. on their behalf can learn more here.
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology provides TRT and is listed as a provider with the TRT-A. This addresses tinnitus, misophonia and hyperacusis. Reach out to get real help that manages tinnitus with evidence based treatment that is recognized as the gold standard of tinnitus care. Email Markus and ask about TRT.
Virtual Audiologist
Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., Doctor of Audiologist is available to the public, physicians and health care providers for clinical and business consults that are held on zoom or just on a phone call. To reach us, call us or email us or schedule a time to meet.
He can provide consults to you and your family and provide specific information on conditions, provide personal treatment for tinnitus and retail hearing in noise technology to use with or without hearing aids, retail hearing aids at significant discounts, and have them sent to a local clinic for proper professional fitting. Some tele-health services are regulated and can only be provided in some constituencies.
Event Speaker
Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology is a seasoned speaker who has been on TV, radio, spoken as keynote speaker at conferences, provided multiple AudiologyOnline courses as recently as June 2024, and has taught at the University level in Audiology. He is approved by CFPC as a provider of continuing education credits for Canadian Physicians nationwide through MAINPRO+ and can be hired to speak to your organization about business management, development, sales, process and other such topics, as a motivational speaker for team building and change management, and if you’re a hearing care provider, to speak to your referring physician audience, give them credits for the 3 hour session and position you as high value in order to increase intelligent and valuable referrals. Speaker fees are $3000-$5000 plus expenses depending on audience size and depth of topic. Contact Markus today for more information: markus@hearo.ca
Medico-Legal Opinions and Forensics
Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., provides medical and legal opinions in cases of insurance claims and/or legal cases where tinnitus, balance disorders and/or hearing loss may be claimed. He will provide expert opinion in reports following the British Columbia BMCA Fee Guidelines as well as in-person expert witness representation for either side of the case. His unbiased approach to evidence based interpretation of objective and subjective tests is guaranteed.
Self-serve Hearing Screening Kiosks
Hearo provides vetted screeners that can be placed in strategic community locations including pharmacies, physicians’ offices, and symbiotic para-medical facilities such as optical stores for patients to self-screen with over 90% accuracy, strong lead generation and strong reporting to both the sponsoring hearing clinic and the patient and the facility where the screeners are placed. Learn more by emailing us.
Acquisition Support
With personal and business experience in the process of selling hearing clinics and the acquisition process, Dr. Hilbert, Au.D. offers support for input, advice, coaching, negotiations and review at all stages of an acquisitions process. If you own a clinic, are considering selling it, and just need someone to bounce ideas off of, reach out to Dr. Hilbert, Au.D., by calling us or emailing us or scheduling a time to meet.
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with Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology
Hearo is new and under agile development. For now, you can reach out to Dr. Hilbert, Au.D. directly. Tele-health Consultations, the Blog, and the Q&A are now available. Downloads, the Academy, the Store, the FAQ, and Events will be coming soon to Hearo. Stay tuned or fill out our contact form to be part of our updates as we unfold all that will be Hearo!
DISCOVER THE WORLD OF HEARING
What is a HEARO?
A HEARO is someone who enjoys hearing health, who appreciates sound, and who loves hearing. Hearing is more than just perceiving sound, it is about connecting with the world around us, loved ones, music, memories and mood. When it starts to change, we lose more than just perception, we start losing connection, ease of communication, enjoyment of sound, and auditory function beyond just hearing. With today’s treatments and technology, tinnitus, dizziness and hearing loss have amazing solutions so you can keep on living fully and completely.
So a HEARO is someone who appreciates this, who understands that there is a need for medical attention to hearing loss and treatment is better in the early stages. Sometimes we need HEAROs to help us on our journey. I’m Markus and I’m a HEARO too, and want to help you get the most out of your hearing and help you create a roadmap for your hearing loss journey. It gets confusing out there with all kinds of online messages, marketing voices, offers and promises – but what’s real and what’s not? I’m here to help you with that. Ask a question, book a free consult, reach out and I will help you make sense of it all. The first consult is free, and I charge for additional ongoing telehealth services or custom, legal or other documentation you may need. But reaching out and connecting is your first step and it will cost you nothing.
Dr. Markus Hilbert, Au.D.
Doctor of Audiology
Markus is an experienced Doctor of Audiology practicing in Canada, trained in the USA. He is passionate about hearing care, and has set up outreach clinics in Malawi and India, brought hearing care to remote Canadian locations that did not have full service before, specializes in a bunch of different areas, and has 25+ years of experience. He lives in Kelowna BC with his wife and 3 daughters and 2 cats. He loves to connect with people, advocate for consumer and patient wellness and provide unparalleled service online an in-person. His dream is to create this hub for leading names in the industry to contribute, share and relate with consumers looking for straight answers.
Markus has built a career and reputation on having values that are about holistic hearing health, empathetically using his expertise, experience and education to serve others. He is an advocate that hearing care should be accessible and affordable. He advocates respect for hearing, restoring hearing lost and retraining the brain with aural rehab, adaptation, and habituation in treatment, appropriate use of technology and extensive testing as the basis for understanding hearing, hearing loss and hearing conditions. The EAR is at the hEARt of what Markus does and what HEARO stands for. Love your Hearing.
TESTIMONIALS
RELATABLE STORIES FROM REAL PEOPLE
I would highly recommend this free consultation…which was WAY more than I ever imagined. He provided an extremely fascinating deduction of how my tinnitus has come about, and gave me so many options for my next steps. It was a truly awesome education about my hearing, how the ear works, and so much more.I can’t recommend Dr. Hilbert, Au.D. more, as he’s the only one who does a complete and free consultation and truly takes the time to really understand your overall health and other factors that contribute to hearing issues. TEN STARS! Thank you!
A.H.
Dr. Hilbert, Au.D., Doctor of Audiology is amazing. He explained everything clearly, showed me the test results that were more detailed than I had ever seen before. I would encourage and recommend him to everyone who is having problems to talk to him before doing anything. You won’t be disappointed!
B.J.
I absolutely can attest to the importance of Dr. Hilbert, Au.D.’s involvement with people that have tinnitus and/or hearing loss. Having someone that listens really matters. To have someone understand and make attempts to address the hearing loss and tinnitus that plagues day to day activities has mental health benefits which can not be understated. Addressing the ringing, buzzing, wobble or any other noise from the tinnitus that may be caused by or in part by PTSD is key to quality of life improvements. I believe that his involvement with my tinnitus was a factor in my ability to address and make significant progress in reducing the impacts this was having on my daily life.
D.K.
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