# Hearing Aid Financing for Audiology Practices > Offer hearing aid patient financing with your audiology consultations. Share a branded application and follow lender next steps through Ottri. Last updated: 2026-09-07. Part of Ottri's Health Care patient financing platform (https://www.ottri.com/health-care). Canonical version: https://www.ottri.com/health-care/hearing-aid-financing — this Markdown document is generated from the same source at build time. ## Hearing aid financing for audiology practices. Put payment options alongside the hearing recommendation. Give patients a branded way to explore available financing for eligible hearing care, while your team tracks the application and follows up in Ottri. - One application. Multiple participating lender programs. - Your practice brand throughout the financing experience. - Built for audiology teams and patient coordinators. - Direct-to-practice funding on eligible programs. ## Connect the hearing recommendation to payment options. Use the proposed hearing care estimate to start a clear financing conversation. Ottri connects one branded application to eligible programs in sequence and brings next steps back to your team. ### One application. One place to manage it. Follow the application after the hearing consultation, with financing requirements and funding progress visible in one place. - **The patient applies once** — Share one branded application alongside the estimate for eligible hearing devices and care. - **Ottri coordinates the flow** — The application moves through eligible participating lender programs without requiring a new application for every provider. - **The patient reviews available options** — Available financing options and applicable terms are presented clearly for the patient to consider. - **Your practice tracks what happens next** — See required application steps while your team follows up on the patient’s proposed hearing care. ### Built for audiology consultations Explain the device and service estimate, introduce available financing, and give patients privacy to complete the application. - **Ready for the consultation** — Introduce available financing when you explain the recommended devices and quoted services. - **Private patient handoff** — Help the patient find the application, then let them enter financial information privately. - **Continue on any device** — Patients can continue at home as they consider the recommendation, with financing status visible to your team. - **Team and location control** — Manage staff, activity and financing progress across every location. ## Keep your audiology team connected to financing. - **One practice dashboard** — Manage applications, available financing options, follow-up, documents, and funding progress in one place. - **Clear coordinator workflow** — Give the hearing care team and front desk a shared view of the application and its next step. - **Private patient handoff** — Begin together, then let the patient complete sensitive information privately on their own device. - **Teams and locations** — Manage users, roles, activity, and financing progress across every practice location. - **Practice-branded experience** — Keep your logo, colors, and practice identity front and center throughout the Ottri experience. - **Direct-to-practice funding** — For funded treatments, participating lenders send funds directly to your practice. ## Follow financing after the hearing consultation. - **Meet patients at the right time** — Discuss available financing with the device and service estimate. Give patients time to review the recommendation, then use the application status to guide financial follow-up. - **One flow across every channel** — Share a branded application from your hearing care page, a consultation QR code, or a follow-up message. Patients can return to the same experience from their own device. ## Your hearing care team needs one financing workspace. So we built one. A disconnected process: - One application relies on one financing program. - A decline can end the financing conversation. - The patient moves into a provider-branded experience. - Applications and follow-up live in separate places. - The front desk gathers application updates separately. With Ottri: - One application can reach multiple eligible hearing care programs. - Other eligible programs may provide another path. - Your practice brand stays present in the Ottri experience. - Applications, next steps, and funding progress in one place. - The team follows financing progress from a shared view. ## Frequently asked questions ### How can an audiology practice offer hearing aid financing? Ottri helps audiology practices introduce financing for eligible hearing care through a practice-branded application. Present it alongside the recommended device and service estimate, then follow the financing application in one workspace. Participating lenders determine the available amount and repayment terms, while your team manages its patient follow-up and monitors funding progress. ### Can the financing request include fitting or follow-up services? Check the participating program against the actual written quote. Device costs, fitting, and follow-up services may have different eligibility or billing requirements, particularly when they are combined in a package. Explain what the quote includes and confirm the eligible amount before presenting it as financed. The lender’s rules determine which charges can be considered. ### How do hearing aid trial or return policies relate to financing? Explain the practice’s device trial, return, and service policies alongside the lender’s financing terms. If a device is returned or the purchase changes, follow the practice and lender processes that apply to that transaction. Confirm how the return affects the credit agreement and any payments with the participating program, so the patient understands the required next steps. ### Can a patient take time to consider the hearing recommendation? Yes. Your team can share the branded application so the patient can continue from their own device after the consultation. Authorized staff can see the financing status and required next steps in Ottri. If the patient returns later, review the current estimate and any lender validity or timing requirements before relying on an earlier financing decision. ### What happens if the first lender declines the application? A decline from one lender does not have to end the financing conversation. Ottri can continue through other eligible participating programs in its configured sequence, subject to routing rules and stop conditions. The patient starts with one branded application, and your team follows the status in Ottri. Each lender makes its own decision; another approval is not guaranteed. ### What does Ottri cost, and how do we get started? Ottri has no setup, subscription, or Ottri platform fees for practices. Create your practice account, complete onboarding, and begin sharing applications once your eligible programs are active. Lender or promotional costs, where applicable, depend on the program. Your team can start with the Get started free button on this page. ### Does the application stay under our practice brand? Yes. Your practice logo, colors, and identity remain part of the Ottri experience, with required lender identities and disclosures shown where applicable. Your team can introduce the application and let the patient complete sensitive information privately on their own device. Ottri does not sell patient applications as leads. ### Who approves the financing and receives the funds? The participating lender makes the credit decision and sets the financing terms. For funded treatments, the lender sends funds directly to your practice according to its program requirements and funding process. Ottri Global LLC is a licensed loan broker, NMLS 2776988, and is not a lender. Your team can track funding progress in Ottri. ### Can a patient finance the balance after an insurance benefit? An eligible patient balance may be considered under participating programs. Start with an accurate estimate of the services and the amount the patient expects to pay, and confirm what the selected program covers. Insurance benefits and financing eligibility are separate determinations. If reimbursement or the quoted balance changes, verify the financing amount and requirements before proceeding. ### Does checking financing options affect the patient’s credit? The initial Ottri option check may use a soft credit inquiry that does not affect the patient’s credit score. If the patient chooses to proceed, a participating lender may perform a hard inquiry that can affect the score. The applicable information is presented before the patient continues. Inquiry type can vary by lender, product, and stage. --- About Ottri: Ottri is a licensed loan broker, NMLS 2776988. Ottri is not a lender. Participating lenders establish their own products and criteria, make their own credit decisions, provide any credit extended, and retain the responsibilities assigned to them by law and agreement. Ottri's capabilities and role vary by program and deployment.