Healthcare, and even more so health insurance, tends to embrace the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality. But what it fails to address is that, for many Americans, healthcare is indeed broken.

With only one audiologist per 25000 Americans, limited or absent insurance coverage, and geographic and racial disparities in access, hearing healthcare is in dire need of reinvention.

Furthermore, the problem is only getting worse; it is projected that the number of adults with hearing loss will swell to over 70 million by 2060, nearly double the current rate.

Tuned, a virtual hearing healthcare platform is modernizing the delivery of hearing healthcare by streamlining interactions between audiologists across the country and the millions of people in need of their services.

For many, this is their first time accessing an audiologist since a hearing test in elementary school, if ever. Through these visits, clients get undivided face-to-face time with an audiologist to discuss all their hearing needs.

After only one consultation, clients build a path towards better hearing and a better understanding of how to prevent hearing loss due to noise exposure, facilitate good communication, recognize red flag conditions that would require an in-person visit, manage ringing in the ears, and much more.
And all of this is done from the comfort of home at a time that is convenient.

Virtual visits close the gap between rural areas not having access to providers, working people not needing to take off from work, and racial and ethnic minorities that have previously not had access to culturally competent care.

By partnering with Tuned, employers can take comfort in being prepared for the future needs of employees and doing their part of closing the accessibility gap.

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