Partner with Us to Help Shape
the Future of Hearing Preventive Care

For more than two centuries, hearing care has been limited to treating hearing loss after it happens, mainly with hearing aids.

Today, the World Health Organization reports sobering statistics. Hearing loss is the second most common chronic disability, suffered by 1.5 billion people globally, with another 2.8 billion young adults, 50% of those aged 12 to 34, at risk.

  • • Hearing aids can’t preserve hearing, nor do they address tinnitus and hyperacusis, common hearing loss-related neurological disorders.
  • • Research has shown untreated hearing loss is the #1 risk factor for dementia, a huge looming global health problem.
  • • Prevention is the best strategy because there are no pharmaceutical treatments for any of these disabilities, and none are expected any time soon.

Soundbites is a Paradigm Shift
from Reactive to Proactive Care

    Rooted in over 30 years of pathbreaking auditory neuroscience research and known as ACEMg™ in peer-reviewed medical research journals, Soundbites is clinically proven to preserve or improve hearing within six months for 75.3% of those who use it daily.

    Soundbites is the first to address the unmet medical need for the vast majority of those who suffer. Hearing aid adoption is 15% in High-Income Countries (HIC), and 2% in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC).

    It’s finally time to add routine preventive care for hearing to the list of biomedical advances that have already transformed other aspects of health care, including:

  • • Vision Care: Bausch and Lomb’s PreserVision and Ocuvite supplements help treat macular degeneration and preserve eyesight.
  • • Dental Health: Toothpaste and routine checkups revolutionized oral health.
  • • Prenatal Care: Folic acid supplements reduce the risk of birth defects before pregnancy complications arise.
  • • Skin Care: Sunscreen and antioxidant skincare prevent sun damage, wrinkles, and skin cancer.
  • • Heart Health: Statins and heart-healthy diets address cardiovascular health early, reducing surgery.
  • • Bone Health: Calcium and vitamin D help maintain bone density, prevent fractures, and counteract osteoporosis.

Connect with Your Community

Your audience knows hearing loss is a risk and a problem. They’re right about that. Hearing loss now starts very early in life, accelerated by digital sound tech and personal audio.

They also know there’s nothing they can do about it. They’ve been right about that too, until now. Soundbites is the first daily preventive healthcare routine for hearing, cochlear care so advanced it preserves hearing from the inside, with biology, not batteries.

  • • Breakthrough product of more than three decades of pioneering medical research.
  • • Maintains normal biological functioning of the cochlea, the inner ear.
  • • Clinically proven to preserve or improve hearing for 75.3% of those who use it daily for six months. Results continue with daily use.
  • • All new customers can use the 24-week at-home test, designed by OTIS public health study researchers, to assess Soundbites’ impact on hearing sensitivity, tinnitus, and hyperacusis.

Young adults 12-34

Music fans

Because your ears work out even when you don’t.

Music Pros

Music Pros

Because you can’t wear earplugs under earbuds, headphones, headsets or IEMs.

Adults 35+

Hearing loss spectrum

Because you want to keep the hearing you have and reduce dementia risk.

Great Need. Clinically Proven Solution. Spread the Word.

The public is aware of the problem. The need is great. Soundbites is a new, realistic, medical research-driven solution, but very few people know about it. Please consider partnering with us to make the innovation more widely available.

Your audience can participate in the OTIS Study. All new Soundbites customers can use the 24-week OTIS study protocol and the online test tool to see how well Soundbites works for them.

A Short History

1980s

Research started in the late 1980s by Dr. Josef M. Miller at the University of Michigan Medical School.

2005

A lab study demonstrated that the micronutrient-plus vasodilator formula ACEMg maintains normal auditory function when noise intensity increases by 30dB, reducing noise-induced hearing loss by about 75%. The peer-reviewed paper was published in 2007 [1].

2007

Translational research begins, supported by an NIH grant. First RCT study in Sweden [2].

2012-2016

ACEMg project moves to Amsterdam, supported by a European Commission translational research grant. Lab studies in Sweden and Spain. RCT study in Germany [3].

2017

Soundbites test market in the Netherlands [4].

2018

The Keep Hearing initiative nonprofit is formed to conduct ACEMg open access public health research and education programs.

2019

ACEMg starts direct distribution as Soundbites® softgel capsules on soundbites.com under exclusive license from the University of Michigan.

2020

A peer-reviewed paper is the definitive explanation of the ACEMg biochemical mechanism of action [5].

2023

Data from a 2-year ACEMg real-world clinical study found that Soundbites preserves or improves hearing within six months for 75.3% of those who use it daily, an unprecedented achievement in hearing research [6]. Clinical findings are the basis for the OTIS Public Health Study.

2024

The Keep Hearing Initiative posts ACEMg for the World, a five-session video series explaining the Soundbites 36-year medical research journey to health providers in a continuing education course, also available free to the public. [7]

The OTIS Study begins enrolling participants [8].

References

  1. Le Prell CG, Hughes LF, Miller JM. Free radical scavengers vitamins A, C, and E plus magnesium reduce noise trauma. Free Radic Biol Med. 2007 May 1;42(9):1454-63. Epub 2007 Feb 20. PMID: 17395018; PMCID: PMC1950331. Article on pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  2. Le Prell CG, Johnson AC, Lindblad AC, Skjönsberg A, Ulfendahl M, Guire K, Green GE, Campbell KC, Miller JM. Increased vitamin plasma levels in Swedish military personnel treated with nutrients prior to automatic weapon training. Noise Health. 2011 Nov-Dec;13(55):432-43. doi: 10.4103/1463-1741.90317. PMID: 22122960; PMCID: PMC3783265. Article on pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  3. European Commission Framework 7 Medical Innovation grant 304925 to the ProHearing Consortium: A novel micronutrient-based strategy to prevent hearing impairments: test and road to market for age-related hearing loss and preservation of residual hearing. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/304925
  4. 2017 Soundbites Amsterdam Dance Event launch aftermovie. https://vimeo.com/501043872
  5. Alvarado JC, Fuentes-Santamaría V, Melgar-Rojas P, Gabaldón-Ull MC, Cabanes-Sanchis JJ, Juiz JM. Oral Antioxidant Vitamins and Magnesium Limit Noise-Induced Hearing Loss by Promoting Sensory Hair Cell Survival: Role of Antioxidant Enzymes and Apoptosis Genes. Antioxidants (Basel). 2020 Nov 25;9(12):1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9121177
  6. Seifer, B., Detweiler, R., & Minor, L. A. (2024, April 12). Impact of the ACEMg Biomedicine on Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Auditory Function: Analysis of Real-World Clinical Data. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/uw7tq
  7. https://keephearing.org/for-the-world/
  8. ACEMg Hearing Preservation and Tinnitus Relief Study (OTISRWD). https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06477354