MISSISSAUGA, ON -- (Marketwire) -- 07/21/09 -- (PINKSHEETS: HRAL) -- HearAtLast Holdings,
Inc., a leading provider of suitable affordable solutions to clients with
hearing needs in the billion dollar hearing loss market, announced today
that the grand opening of the Dufferin Mall Wal-Mart location on June 16,
2009 has shown immediate signs of success in one of Toronto's oldest
multicultural communities. With an established empty-nester base to draw
from, the research and demographic studies used to select new clinics in
Canada is proving to be quite successful, stated Robert Oswald of
HearAtLast Holdings, Inc.
With a high concentration of laborers and retirees, the percentage of
noise-induced patients is significant and many benefit from Canada's world
leading health care system and workman's compensation programs. Noise
induced hearing loss is recognized as the number one disability facing the
North America workforce claims the World Health Organization (WHO;
http://www.who.int) at a cost of over 60 billion dollars annually. Even
after many years of OSHA-regulated efforts to conserve hearing, and despite
the ready availability of hearing protection devices (HPDs), rates of
noise-induced hearing loss continue to rise. A recent National Health
Interview Survey showed hearing problems among individuals age 45 to 64 up
26 percent over the past 30 years.
The World Health Organization has called work-related noise-induced hearing
loss (NIHL), "the No. 1 hidden disability in North America," and in
Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
claims NIHL is the most common occupational illness in North America.
OSHA regulations call for worker training, but clearly more needs to be
done in order to increase awareness of noise-related hazards. There are
some ways to take your hearing conservation program beyond the required
regulatory minimums and help hearing conservation gain the respect it
deserves.
About HearAtLast
HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. is a Nevada corporation that owns and operates
its wholly-owned subsidiary of hearing stores co-located within select
Wal-Mart stores throughout Canada. Their chain of hearing stores
specializes in the sale of digital hearing aids and testing services. The
Company is the affordable hearing solution for Canadians, combining the
most sought after retail space in North America with convenience and
location. HearAtLast provides State of the Art Hearing Testing and
Dispensing services to individuals with all types of measurable hearing
loss.
HearAtLast facilities sell a selection of high quality brand name hearing
aids and also offer complimentary screening tests, clinical hearing tests,
high end ear buds and assistive listening devices.
