“Helping people hear again is our objective,” said owner Marco Moor, who chose South Venice to open his third office, Lifestyle Hearing Aid Center, 2171 South Tamiami Trail, in the Independence Plaza. An independent dealer, he provides free evaluations and trial-period hearing aids.

“Hearing aids are becoming smaller with more features, including wireless directly to television, telephone, theaters and wherever there is a fitted induction system,” said Moor. “Some are Bluetooth compatible, enabling telephone communication directly into the hearing aid, which develops into a telephone, becoming a hands-free facility as the microphone also acts as a speaker.”