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Steve Smith with his two assistant (to the) regional managers.
We build solutions for the parents of the child being tested. If we provide tools for audiologists that help give those parents answers about their child’s hearing, we’ll always have a customer.
Steve Smith, Founder
About Flex VRA
Listening to clinicians from the start
Flex VRA was built to support how pediatric audiology is practiced today, not how it was practiced years ago.
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From the beginning, our focus has been on helping audiologists maintain attention, reduce distraction, and adapt testing environments to the needs of each child.
Founded in 2017 by Steve Smith, Flex VRA began as a response to a simple question from the field: Is there a better way to control what appears on a VRA screen during testing?
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That question led to a prototype that allowed clinicians to tailor content and environment in real time to improve engagement and test efficiency. The positive response from audiologists shaped what Flex would become.​ Each request from clinicians became an opportunity to improve. Features like user-uploaded content, audiometer integration, and expanded testing modes were added in direct response to real-world use.
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That approach continues to guide how Flex VRA is designed today.
Built through collaboration with clinicians
Today, Flex VRA supports hearing tests in over 1,000 clinics. That growth has been driven by close collaboration with audiologists and a commitment to listening, adapting, and improving.
Each feature added to Flex VRA reflects real-world feedback from clinicians working with pediatric patients every day. By focusing on usability, flexibility, and engagement, Flex VRA has evolved alongside the needs of the clinics it serves.
