<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Earlens Corporation, Inc., a privately held medical technology company that has created a revolutionary hearing aid, today announced the first close of&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">$51 million</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">&nbsp;in its Series C preferred stock financing led by Vertex Healthcare.&nbsp;</span>