Tuned Wins Award for its STAR Program for OSHA-Compliant Hearing Conservation
Summary
It allows users to schedule employees across all sites, with access to accredited occupational hearing conservationists (OHCs) who perform testing onsite. "We developed STAR because we saw a clear need for a hearing conservation solution that could help employers comply with OSHA rules more easily by providing access to boothless testing, easy scheduling, credentialed audiologists, scaling across disparate worksites, and less paperwork," said Danny Aronson, founder and CEO of Tuned. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health requires a hearing conservation program for employers where noise exposure is at or above 85 decibels—the rough equivalent of a hairdryer or heavy traffic—averaged over eight working hours. Federal OSHA regulations require certain employers to measure workplace noise levels and provide annual audiometric testing, hearing protection, and training. In March, the company announced it had secured $3.2 million in seed extension funding, and in 2023, it added a record number of new employer customers to its telehealth platform, which is separate from STAR.