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A Sustainable Social Business Innovative products and services to lower hearing loss and the burden of hearing loss for children in developing countries
A Sustainable Social Business Innovative products and services
to lower hearing loss and the burden of hearing loss for children
in developing countries
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The scale of silence: the problem 626 million people with
hearing loss and 2/3 in developing countries 9 million hearing aids
are manufactured a yearAverage price of hearing aid in USA is
$1,800Price of one battery is $2 and need is 1 a weekDearth of
professionals50% hearing loss can be prevented 181 million children
with a hearing loss 70% of USA and 88% of developing countries are
underserved
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Our business model We are a sustainable social business
manufacturing solar powered hearing aids by people who are deaf for
people with a hearing loss
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Our products provide a child the ability to learn to develop
speech therefore an opportunity to go to a public school. What We
Do
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Solar Ears mission: M 8 goals 1) Millennium goals but for
people with disability. 2) Offer training and employment to young
people who are deaf, especially women. 3) Provide education
programs on issues of HIV-AIDS and maternal health programs. 4)
Showing society the special abilities of people with a disability.
5) Develop new methods to deliver sustainable health programs.
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Solar Ear throughout the world Botswana, 2002 HIV-Aids
Education for children Brazil, 2006 Free therapy for 5,000 children
a year China, 2012 Change public policy Palestine-Israel, 2015
Peace building India, 2015 Disability rights First Nations- Native
Americans, 2016 Cross border cultural leadership training 10 more
places in next 5 years 10 more social missions
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Invented by people who are deaf.Maintains capability or
capacity for 2-3 years. Can be used in 80% of 50 million hearing
aids on the market today. Can be charged via sun, household light
or using Nokia cell phone plug. Three-month break even for
consumer. Environmental Savings : 200,000,000 disposable batteries
used per year. First rechargeable hearing aid battery
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Our Products: Rechargeable Hearing Aids 90% of parts come from
the same suppliers as other hearing aids companies 98% of value of
component from USA suppliers Solar Ear selling price $99 - $250
versus other companies $1,800 - $9,000 plus batteries Independent
University studies = Credibility Central Michigan University,
University of Copenhagen, Stanford University, Special Olympics,
UNICEF video Costs of Materials from $36 to $79Proven sales in 39
countries
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Solar Ear Awards Ashoka Fellowship Lemelson Foundation
Fellowship Tech Award Economic Empowerment American Academy of
Audiology Humanitarian Award Marion Downs - Souring Heights - China
Alex Graham Bell Museum Permanent exhibit Smithsonian Museum Design
for the other 90%
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Solar Ear in the media
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Improving Health and Education Outcomes VIRTOU S CYCLE VICIOUS
CYCLE
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Impacts Increased wealth of population due to more children
going to school and more adults being employable Reduced social and
economic costsSelf-sustaining Solar Ear programs Changed civil
society perception about the skills of people. Programs can be
scaled to other countries and other health problems, e.g. diabetes,
dyslexia. Peace- Building
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Holistic sustainable health solution via DREET D etection
hearing test via touch screen R esearch free bi-product E ducation:
50% hearing loss can be prevented E quipment : Smartphone sold by
micro- entrepreneurs T raining: build in field capacity of
secondary health care workers, teachers DETECT RESEARCH TRAINING
EDUCATION EQUIPMENT
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The Smartphone for Holistic mobile DREET Hearing Care
Smartphone becomes a hearing aid Professionals remotely program the
phone Smartphone becomes a hearing aid= $3,000.USD E ducation 50%
hearing loss can be prevented Language neutral apps Therapy app
Research free bi-product from Detection D etection Hearing loss
detection by micro-entrepreneurs Results sent via cloud to Solar
Ear professionals
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Comprehensive Disribution Network From HQ to Rural
Villages
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Future- by 2020 15 Solar Ear centers in 15 duty free zones
servicing over 60 countries with access to over 3 billion people
Solar Ear Projected Solar Ear sites
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Value Proposition Established, PROVEN sustainable holistic
HealthCare offering Global brand name Access to different customer
group (bottom-of-pyramid via micro-entrepreneur Close collaboration
with Academia, Government, NGOs, Foundations Scalable Business
Model