About Us

Company History

Carlow Hearing is a Fully Independent Irish Owned Company. Founded in 2014 we opened our dedicated Hearing Centre in Carlow Town the following year. We provide the very latest and best in Hearing Aid Design and Technology at very competitive prices.

Donal Keane

Owner and senior hearing aid audiologist Donal Keane holds a degree in hearing aid audiology from Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge(UK) FdSc HAA. He is also a Board Certified Hearing Aid Specialist BC-HIS (USA).

He is a member of both the Irish and International Societies of Hearing Aid Audiologists and a panelist with the Irish Department of Social Protection.

Justine Rae

Originally from South Africa, Justine has brought years of expertise to her new role as Donal’s business partner at Carlow Hearing. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Audiology from the University of Cape Town and has worked extensively in both the private and public sector in her home country as well as in the UK for nearly twenty years.

After moving to Ireland in 2019 and running her own private practice in Wicklow, she joined Carlow Hearing in May ’24. Justine has a particular interest in diagnostic hearing assessments for adults and children, auditory processing disorder and microsuction wax removal.