About SoundBytes

SoundBytes is a catalog, web and retail-based company that offers a wide range of hearing assistive devices to benefit anyone with a hearing loss. They carry a comprehensive selection of popular, well- designed items to assist users in conversation, on the telephone, watching television, and other daily activities.

In 2004, SoundBytes became affiliated with independent living aids, LLC (ila), the United States' oldest privately held mail order company supplying products for blind and visually impaired individuals. The affiliation between ila and SoundBytes has encouraged the development of "crossover" products for individuals with both a hearing and vision loss. Recently the company has been acquired by a group headed by Irwin Schneidmill, who is now the president of the company.

SoundBytes has worked to educate audiologists and other hearing professionals on the many auxiliary options available for hard of hearing individuals, especially through their H.E.A.R. (Hearing Equipment and Audio Resources) program. This program offers audiologists wholesale pricing so that they can display and stock this equipment in their offices. SoundBytes has also worked with manufacturers to provide demo and sample products for use at audiologists’ offices.

SoundBytes has also introduced a number of end-user oriented programs, including a Hearing Aid Battery Club with rewards like free shipping and free batteries, and an affiliation with cellstores.com that introduced a line of accessible cell phones. They have instituted an Affiliate Program, which has allowed the company to expand their presence into the deaf and hard of hearing internet communities by offering a fee for sales resulting from a link posted on an approved web site. SoundBytes has also begun a regular email-marketing program offering special deals and sales to interested parties.

Hearing loss can cause feelings of isolation and depression, and, as the population ages and more people lose their hearing, SoundBytes' simple, specially adapted products can help many people communicate easily and enjoy life more!

About SoundBytes