EarLens

Earlens Corporation is a privately held medical technology company in Menlo Park, California that makes the Earlens Contact Hearing Solution, a non-surgical, custom-fit direct-drive hearing device. Instead of amplifying sound through a speaker, a custom lens rests on the eardrum and is driven by light from an ear-tip, vibrating the eardrum directly to reproduce a broader frequency range than conventional hearing aids. Founded by Dr. Rodney Perkins, the company holds more than 180 patents, received FDA clearance for its second-generation system in 2019, and was named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2020. Earlens is sold through audiology and ENT providers and publishes a consumer and provider marketing site, patient support documents, and a news section. As of this profiling pass it publishes no public developer portal, API documentation, SDK, or machine-readable API contract.

EarLens is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Hearing, Hearing Aids, Audiology, and Medical Devices.

EarLens’ developer surface includes support, engineering blog, FAQ, and 9 more developer resources.

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12.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0

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CompanyHearingHearing AidsAudiologyMedical DevicesMedical TechnologyHealthConsumer Health

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scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0

Composite quality — 12.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.1 / 17

Commercial Clarity 3.6 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11

Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

FAQ

FAQ

ContactUs

ContactUs

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

SecondaryMarket

SecondaryMarket

Source (apis.yml)

aid: earlens
name: EarLens
description: Earlens Corporation is a privately held medical technology company in Menlo Park, California that makes the Earlens
  Contact Hearing Solution, a non-surgical, custom-fit direct-drive hearing device. Instead of amplifying sound through a
  speaker, a custom lens rests on the eardrum and is driven by light from an ear-tip, vibrating the eardrum directly to reproduce
  a broader frequency range than conventional hearing aids. Founded by Dr. Rodney Perkins, the company holds more than 180
  patents, received FDA clearance for its second-generation system in 2019, and was named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2020.
  Earlens is sold through audiology and ENT providers and publishes a consumer and provider marketing site, patient support
  documents, and a news section. As of this profiling pass it publishes no public developer portal, API documentation, SDK,
  or machine-readable API contract.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/earlens/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://www.earlens.com/images/Logo-Earlens-r-Mar19_cmyk_cmyk.jpg
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-04'
modified: '2026-08-04'
tags:
- Company
- Hearing
- Hearing Aids
- Audiology
- Medical Devices
- Medical Technology
- Health
- Consumer Health
apis: []
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  date: '2026-08-04'
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/earlens-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/earlens-llms.txt
- type: Website
  url: https://www.earlens.com/
- type: About
  url: https://www.earlens.com/about
- type: Support
  url: https://www.earlens.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.earlens.com/news
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/earlens
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.earlens.com/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.earlens.com/privacy-policy
- type: FAQ
  url: https://www.earlens.com/patient-faq
- type: ContactUs
  url: https://www.earlens.com/contact-us
- type: SecondaryMarket
  url: https://forgeglobal.com/earlens_stock/