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Our experience is defined by how we sense, interpret and interact with the world around us. It’s easy to take these things for granted…until we begin to miss out. Whether the result of natural causes, like fading eyesight and hearing loss – or the reality of modern existence, like a cell phone acting as a barrier between us and the world, EyeMed is committed to helping people reconnect. 

 

In our latest whitepaper, we explore how innovations in wearable technology, including smart glasses and hearing glasses, support well-being and lifestyle. EyeMed’s new benefits give members access to life-changing technology to fully experience the world around them. Below is a snapshot of what employers need to know.

 

INTRODUCING SIGHT AND SOUND BENEFITS

Technologies are creating new categories of eyewear. Sight and Sound insurance benefits make the latest innovations accessible and affordable. Sight and Sound benefits offer higher frame allowances for smart frames and hearing frames. And members with Eye360 get an additional $50 added to each allowance when they visit a PLUS Provider.1


Sight benefits:
Category growth for AI glasses, like Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta, was 248% in 2025.2 These glasses enable a hands-free experience by combining audio, camera and screen components into the frame. Ray-Ban Meta Display glasses even project digital information directly into the wearers field of vision helping the wearer seamlessly perform everyday tasks.

New sight benefits have fixed allowances for smart frames:

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Combined with our 20% off discount3 on balance over frame insurance allowance, members can save up to 77% on an eye exam and AI glasses with prescription lenses4 when visiting a PLUS Provider.

 

Sound benefits:

7/10 adults struggle to hear conversations in noisy environments.5 Yet many avoid hearing aids because of discomfort and stigma. Nuance Audio hearing frames offer a clinically approved, discreet solution for mild-to-moderate hearing loss.

 

New sound benefits let members hear what they see:

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Combined with our 20% off discount
3 on balance over frame insurance allowance, members can save up to 56% on an eye exam and hearing glasses with prescription lenses4 when visiting a PLUS Provider.

With Sight and Sound, members can choose the technology-enabled solution that meets their unique needs. And save while doing it.

These innovations require a new type of vision  benefit. So, it’s worth asking: Are your vision benefits keeping up?

 

 

  1. Member access to PLUS Providers is only available in conjunction with the Eye360 product and is not available in all states.
  2. Discounts are not insured benefits.
  3. Based on single vision lens base plus polycarbonate add-on. 
  4. “Struggle to hear at the pub? Why ‘cocktail party effect’ is ruining your night”; i news; inews.co.uk; May 31, 2024.
  5. “AR/VR headsets and smart glasses sales to grow 39 percent in 2025”; ICT Business; ictbusiness.biz; February 2025.

 

EyeMed, Ray-Ban, Oakley and Nuance Audio are owned by the same ultimate parent company, EssilorLuxottica

Fully insured clients are underwritten by: Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company®, Kansas City, MO and Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company® of New York