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. 

Hearing Resources offers its expertise to help you overcome hearing difficulties and find Solutions For Your Lifestyle My wife and I offer you our expertise and experience in bringing speech clarity to the acoustical clutter you have to live in everyday.  Between us, I have 30-years and my wife has 26-years in the hearing health care field, we can give you our  years of practical experience coupled with a deep understanding of the available technology that will result in seeing you achieve your maximum potential through our hearing technology.  This includes not only traditional hearing aids but also the very cutting edge in the latest "Extended-Wear" hearing instruments and assistive listening technology. Hearing Resources is a Full Service Dispensing Practice Hearing Aid Product Lines Dispensed Hearing Resources is a multi-line dispensing practice.  Our primary hearing aid lines are Phonak, Unitron, GN ReSound and the new WOW! Extended Wear Hearing Device.  We also have a wide range of secondary product lines including Oticon, Siemens, Starkey, and Widex to list a few.  Services Offered We provide a full range of professional services ranging from; hearing testing, instrumentation recommendations, hearing aid dispensing, along with service and repair on almost all makes and models of hearing aids, both digital and analog.  We also provide hearing aid re-fitting services to those who have hearing aids but need to have them refit to their current hearing needs.   We are an authorized service provider for both TruHearing and Audient clients.  Earmolds, Swim Plugs and Hearing Protection We also offer a very full line of earmolds in a large selection of styles, colors, and designs.  In addition we do custom earplugs for both children and adults along with custom hearing protection for both industry and recreational use along with the special earplugs with flat attenuation in differing dB levels as needed for musicians.  There is also a full line of musician in-ear monitors in single driver, dual drivers and triple drivers in both universal stem and custom styles.  For the audiophile we have both universal and custom earphones including sound isolation models. 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.