Tuned

Our story started with listening. We listened to how undiagnosed and untreated hearing difficulties were negatively affecting the quality of life for so many. We heard from employees who wanted hearing education and supportive benefits to navigate the headphone-filled lives of their families and themselves. We were all ears as employers realized that they need an affordable solution that proactively cares for their teams. As we listened, existing support for the headphone generations sounded out of tune, so we set out to change how it sounds. Tuned is a new approach to preventive and comprehensive hearing health. The largest group of audiologists saw this gap in healthcare for all ages and designed a way to more easily deliver hearing care at scale. Hearing care should be as accessible as dental or vision coverage within families’ healthcare benefits. Everyone deserves to hear well. Tuned makes hearing health a priority. We’re rebuilding hearing health for the modern world “Every second of every day, we rely on hearing to communicate with the world around us. It adds context to everything we do. Yet most Americans won’t have had an audiology consultation since third grade and are being let down by an outdated system. We believe much more is possible in hearing care and hearing health. Employers have an important role to play and can bring hearing health to the forefront, offering Tuned alongside their traditional mainstream benefits and preventative care.” Danny Aronson, Co founder, CEO Nearly 25% of working-age adults and 15% of school-age children experience hearing issues, from ringing in the ears (tinnitus) to balance issues to auditory processing disorders. Once limited to factory or warehouse workers, hearing fatigue and hearing issues are now presenting in knowledge workers, with many Americans working in remote or hybrid environments that require all-day headphone use.Hearing loss is twice as prevalent as cancer or diabetes and is one of the most common chronic conditions in the U.S. Traditional annual health screenings track high blood pressure or cholesterol as potential chronic condition risk factors, yet no equivalent standard of care exists in hearing health. At least 50% of people with untreated hearing loss have never had their hearing professionally checked before age 60, despite 60% of people with hearing loss being under retirement age. Undiagnosed hearing loss can have deleterious impacts on quality of life, including increased anxiety, depression, social isolation, and reduced mental health and cognitive function.Tuned serves members of all ages, including children, by connecting qualified and credentialed audiologists to members via an easy-to-use clinically validated platform. Tuned audiologists can accurately screen members’ hearing online. The Tuned 360 Hearing Profile is the most advanced hearing screening available online, offering an affordable, convenient and accessible solution to anyone in the world.