Soundware
Test and monitor your hearing over time.
Soundware is a suite of tools that track your hearing health over time: two hearing tests and two surveys for your personal use, built around validated clinical frameworks. It’s also an interactive way to learn about how hearing works.
Soundware isn’t a screening tool for hearing aids, doesn’t diagnose hearing conditions, or substitute for professional hearing evaluation.
If you use Soundbites, Soundware monitors its ongoing impact on your hearing function.
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Two hearing tests.
Two different measures.
Tone test
The pure-tone audiometry test, or tone test, measures the softest sound you can hear across low to high frequencies in each ear. The audiogram graph displays the results.
Speech-in-noise test
The speech-in-noise test, or SIN test, measures the ear-to-brain partnership: how loud a voice needs to be relative to background chatter for you to understand it.
Self-report surveys
Tinnitus and hyperacusis surveys are designed to quantify your experiences of brain noise (tinnitus) and decreased sound tolerance (hyperacusis), frequent consequences of hearing loss. Take these surveys if you have either of these conditions.
Soundware is free and easy.
Start with your baseline tests.
- 01
Make a free account
Your results are stored in your account. No card is required.
- 02
Take the tests and surveys.
You need headphones or earbuds and a quiet space.
- 03
Get your results.
Your personal chart is presented with comprehensive explanations, saved online behind your login and available to download.
- 04
Repeat at 12 and 24 weeks.
If you choose to take Soundbites as a daily routine, this initial retest timeline matches the ACEMg real-world evidence study protocol.
- 05
Repeat at the end of Year 1.
The retest also matches the ACEMg real-world evidence study protocol.
- 06
Repeat every six months.
Lifelong proactive hearing care is in your control.
Free bonus: Learn about hearing.
Things people ask before they start.
Is it really free?
Yes. Soundware is free for everyone, whether or not you have ever bought anything from us.
How long does it take?
About 15 minutes for the entire suite of tests and surveys.
Do I need special headphones?
No, any reasonable pair of headphones or earbuds work. Including the ones that came with your phone. What matters most is a quiet room.
Why do I have to make an account?
Your data is saved online behind your login, tracks and compares your results over time, and is always available to download. Without an account we would not be able to save your data.
Does this mean I don't need to go to the audiologist anymore?
No. Soundware gives you a clear, repeatable reading of your own hearing over time. It is not a substitute for a professional audiological evaluation and it does not diagnose anything.