Hearing Resources

Locally owned and operated by Jay and Louise Thurman.  We are currently open from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Monday - Thursday and are closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

We provide acoustical accessibility technology and services for individuals, governmental agencies and businesses.  These services include the sale and service of hearing aids and professional hearing aid fitting and dispensing services along with hearing aid repairs.  We also are deeply involved in assistive listening and alerting products that include personal amplifiers, acoustical event alerting, telephone assistance, personal micro FM systems, wide-area assistive hearing system plus FM and soundfield systems for classrooms. 

Newly Remodeled Office @ 4311 NE Tillamook St, Portland, OR

It is the mission of Hearing Resources to be a leader in the field of technology assistance for those who have communication disorders caused by the loss of hearing.  Towards this end we strive to combine the best technology which will meet the individual’s needs in the fields of hearing science, hearing instrumentation, assistive technology, sound collection and distribution systems with the highest level of professional expertise.  Hearing Resources will always keep in mind that our purpose is to provide solutions to help people live productive and independent lives.  While our end-user is the person with a communication problem, our clientele includes individuals, businesses, schools, and governmental agencies.  Hearing Resources will provide direct services and products to its clientele with marketing emphasis in the Pacific Northwest.  Towards this end Hearing Resources will endeavor to provide not just products and services, but also educational efforts to its clientele and the general public.

History
Hearing Resources was opened in June of 1987 as a full service Hearing Aid dispensing practice.  When we opened the business it was located on the corner of 52nd and SE Mitchell.  The business remained in this location for fifteen years before moving to our currently location at 4311 NE Tillamook St in 2002.  The business is owned by Jay and Louise Thurman and between the two of them they have over fifty-six years experience serving the hard-of-hearing in Portland and the surrounding area. In September of 2003 Hearing Resources opened a satellite office in Seaside one day a week at the O'Donovan Clinic.  Due to the closing of the O'Donovan Clinic in the fall of 2009 we were forced to close our Seaside Office. 
Hearing Resources specializes in both difficult fittings and the latest in hearing system integration incorporating both hearing aids and advanced technology products including wireless microphones, BlueTooth devices (both headset and headphone protocols) along with telephones and televisions.

Bio: Jay Thurman

Jay Thurman holds a bachelor's degree in business information and telecommunications systems management from Marylhurst University.  He has worked in the hearing industry since 1980. Jay has been involved in all aspects of the hearing assistance field including; hearing instrument dispensing, hearing instrument manufacturing – research and product development, industry specific training course development and teaching, equipment sales, ADA and communication access consulting, and sound reinforcement & communication needs analysis. 

Currently Jay owns a dispensing practice and assistive products business in partnership with his wife Louise.  Their business includes, retail sales, catalog sales, some wholesale, ADA and assistive technology consulting, design, and training services. Hearing Resources clientele includes individuals, businesses, educational facilities and governmental agencies. 

Jay has taught classes in both hearing instrument technology and assistive technology for the hard-of-hearing and deaf.  Mr. Thurman has lectured at many state and national events and been a guest lecturer on hearing instrument and assistive devices technology at several universities around the Pacific Northwest. 

Within the industry Jay has served as an officer and president in the Oregon Hearing Aid Society, Oregon State Hearing Aid Dealer Licensing Board including six years as chairperson, the International Institute for Hearing Instrument Studies with five years as chairperson, an item-writer for NBC-HIS National Examination Committee and is Nationally Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences (BC-HIS) by NBC-HIS.