Tuned Launches Innovative Pediatric Hearing Care Program
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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Offered as an employer-sponsored benefit, Tuned's innovative pediatric program combines modern hearing knowledge and technology with teleaudiology to modernize a testing method that has not changed for almost 50 years.
Key Points:
- Offered as an employer-sponsored benefit, Tuned's innovative pediatric program combines modern hearing knowledge and technology with teleaudiology to modernize a testing method that has not changed for almost 50 years.
- Children with hearing loss are often overlooked, leaving them to languish in schools, undiagnosed and untreated, at risk for developmental delays .
- "Hearing loss has always been ignored because it can't be seen, and most people don't understand the connection between hearing and learning.
- The program includes care navigation, which helps parents navigate potential treatments or solutions, which include understanding what local assistance is available.