Social Ear Social Impact Logic Model Designing sustainable

Social Ear Social Impact Logic Model “Designing sustainable hearing health” NT E R R U C T IMPAC Leading indicators Inputs • 36 deaf employees • 5 Million of funding • 4 Corporate partnerships Beneficiaries Health Improvement Efficiency Gain Structural Gain Activities Outputs = Impact Outcomes • Detection • Research & Advocacy • 2. 5 million detections • Education • Equipment Decreased burden of hearing loss, • Equipment purchased by 100 K measured by: • Therapy hearing impaired • Increased access to education (e. g. 6 K • Capacity Building people hearing impaired children in Brazil now • Of these, first-time attend school) access for 50, 00 • Decrease in disease rate (e. g. HIV rate in • 20, 000 Botswana lowered from 38% to 10%)) beneficiaries • Employment/increased income for involved in disabled as 55 hired by other companies education/therapy • Policy change (e. g. Change in Chinese programs workforce policy – for the first time deaf • . Solar Ear hearing citizens can work in the electronics health centers in industry 75 countries • Savings of ~300 K USD/individual related • Extensive health to loss in work productivity, special distribution education services and medical costs system and infsstructure Hearing impaired are able to achieve their full potential and contribute to society

Indicator Measurement CURRENT Social Impact: Solar Ear Significant health issue Qualitative & Quanitative Measured by size of problem and need of solution: market opportunity • • • Beneficiaries Health/wellbeing improvements Efficiency gains Quanitative Number of beneficiaries (particularly those that did not before have access) • Qualitative & Quanitative Positive changes in health situation for individuals and communities with focus on health outcomes (e. g. % decrease in disease transmission) and not necessarily results (e. g. number of test administered) • Quanitative Cost savings for individuals and society by assigning monetary values to outcomes. (Resource: Social Evaluator’s SROI guide) • • Scalability (and sustainability) Qualitative & Quantitative Relevance of model in other countries • • 624 million hearing impaired 66% in emerging markets; but only 10% of hearing aids sold in emerging markets 70% of individuals in USA cannot afford hearing aid 100, 000 hearing impaired purchased Solar Ear products over past 7 years Of these, a hearing aid was out of reach for 50, 000 20, 000 have benefited through empowerment programs and speech pathology 6 K chidren in Brazil learned to speak/communicate through access to speech therapy, and thus attend school Lowered HIV rate in Botswana from 38% to 10% In China, change in workforce policy – for the first time deaf citizens can work in the electronics industry Employment and increased income for workers and microentrepreneurs Individual: Solar Ear hearing aids are 90% cheaper than mainstream hearing aids Society & government: Early diagnosis and intervention reduces future costs; severe to profound hearing loss estimated to cost society 300 K USD over an individual’s lifetime (67% due to losses in work productivity; 21% related to special education services; 11% related to medical costs) Environment: 200, 000 batteries thrown out annually (zinc battery lasts 1 week and a Solar Ear lasts 2 -3 years) Sold in 39 countries « Train the trainer » model facilitates internal knowledge transfer 2

Indicator Measurement FUTURE Social Impact – Solar Ear Significant health issue Qualitative & Quanitative Measured by size of problem and need of solution: market opportunity • Hearing impaired population is growing – estimated at 900 million by 2025 , but with Solar Ear program will be lowered by 50% Beneficiaries Quanitative Number of beneficiaries (especially those that did not before have access) • Within 5 years, lower hearing impairment for 40 million people and improve the ability to communicate for 60 million people Create jobs for 10 K micro-entrepreneurs, 10% with a disability Test over 24 million individuals per year within 5 years and 50 million per year by 2025 • • Health/wellbeing improvements Qualitative & Quanitative Positive changes in health situation for individuals and communities with focus on affordability, accessibility, awareness and acceptance. ) • • • Efficiency gains Scalability (and sustainability) Quanitative Cost savings for individuals and society by assigning monetary values to outcomes. (Resource: Social Evaluator’s SROI guide) • Qualitative & Quantitative Measured by relevance of model in other countries • • Lower burden of hearing lost for 100 million people by 2020 Education programs will not only cover hearing prevention but also maternal health and diabetes education – thus impact goes beyond hearing improvements Solar Ear hearing health model can be replicated for other health and communication disorder problems More governents will screen babies for hearing loss at birth since it is more cost effective to treat hearing loss in a baby versus finance a child in a school for the deaf later on in life Solar Ear distribution infastructure can be used to deleiver other health medical products and prevention programs or services Replicable model of DREET centers and microentrepreneurs with operations in 15 additional countries selling to over 75 countries (within 5 years of receiving 3