Top 9 Hearing loss startups

Oct 11, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

Hearing loss startups develop high-tech hearing aids, novel medical therapies and specialized communication technologies for the hearing impaired.
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Country: USA | Funding: $371.5M
Eargo is a medical device startup company that produces hearing aids that allow customers to access help for their hearing loss.
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Country: USA | Funding: $189.2M
Decibel Therapeutics is a hearing company focused on discovering and developing new medicines to protect, repair and restore hearing.
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Country: USA | Funding: $162.5M
Akouos is a new biotechnology company focused on restoring and preserving hearing.
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Country: USA | Funding: $138M
Frequency Therapeutics develops small molecule drugs that activate progenitor cells within the body to restore healthy tissue.
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Country: UK | Funding: $31M
Tympa offers a portable system that uses a smartphone for hearing health assessments. The company pitches the device as a way for clinics and community-based providers to capture high-definition images of the inside of patients' ears, remove wax and conduct hearing assessments.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $25M
Mimi is a digital health company that wants to transform your smartphone to a hearing aid. The company has created a mobile app for the iPhone, which uses its hearing technology based on proprietary algorithms to help those with hearing loss. The app first takes a test for both ears before understanding how to personlize sounds for the person using the app.
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Country: USA | Funding: $9.2M
Tuned provides employers with proactive hearing wellcare, headsets, and advocacy for the hearing of all employees.
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Country: USA | Funding: $5.7M
Moray Medical develops a structural heart robotic delivery systems for edge-to-edge valve leaflet repair.
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Country: UK
ChatableApps - Worlds First Neuroscience-led AI Hearing Aid App, making everyday conversation accessible to everyone, everywhere
Editor: Jason Kwon
Jason Kwon is a senior editor for MedicalStartups. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries for FDAnews and worked as a head of marketing for medical startup Sonic Therapeutics. Before that, he co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in Asia. Jason graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school. In his free time, Jason enjoys yoga, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where he can't get cell service. You can contact Jason at jaskwon(at)medicalstartups(dot)com