059 - De Wet Swanepoel - HearX & Healthy Hearing for Everyone, Everywhere

Guest: De Wet Swanepoel, Founder of HearX Group, Professor of Audiology at University of Pretoria, Editor in Chief at International Journal of Audiology Topic: HearX, Having a Remote-Oriented Mindset, and Health Hearing for Everyone, Everywhere De Wet joins Dave on the podcast this week to share the vision of his company, HearX Group, which is to provide healthy hearing to everyone, everywhere....

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