The interview accompanies an article about his journey, "Promises Endure as Life Gets Bigger," in the Spring 2026 issue of Tinnitus Today, available digitally and in print in early April. To get your copy, join ATA today.

Kent navigated severe tinnitus as a CEO in the middle of the pandemic, holding a large company steady while suffering from something no one around him could see or hear. He kept his treatment siloed. He carried it largely alone. Max says, “I wish he’d found that there were resources and people out there earlier.”

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