Where Bearings stands today

We're building Bearings in public, from the first vocabulary entry to launch. No private health data is ever shown here, just the work. Updated as we go.

105

Entries in the vocabulary map

+19 this month

Sources feeding the map: studies, patient communities, surveys

+3 this month

222

Documented source links backing entries

+58 this month

The build

Patient discovery surveylive

Collecting how real patients describe their symptoms in their own words. Every response makes the translation layer smarter.

Vocabulary mapgrowing

The core of Bearings: a structured map from patient language ("swimmy," "like I'm on a boat") to clinical terminology and the right specialist. Sourced from patient communities, published research, and survey responses.

Clinical conversationsunderway

Reviewing map entries with vestibular specialists so the routing logic reflects how clinicians actually think.

Product designshipped

The design system and clickable prototype are complete: calm by default, low motion, built for low-energy days. Each screen gets a final pass as it is built for real.

Web app buildunderway

Daily check-ins, the episode log, brief sharing, full data export, and account deletion all work today, each shipped behind automated privacy guardrails. Pre-launch verification is what remains.

Appointment brief generatorbuilt

A one-page summary of your symptoms, patterns, and questions, in language your doctor can act on. Built and generating briefs in the app today; it gets sharper as the map grows.

Early accessplanned

First invites go to the waitlist and survey participants.

Recent updates

Aug 4

The patient survey passed 100 responses, and the first 100 have now been read into the map by hand: 15 new patient-language entries and 39 new documented source links. The map stands at 105 entries backed by 222 links across 19 sources.

Jul 23

The patient survey passed 80 responses. Every one gets read, and they head toward specialist review next. Thank you.

Jul 22

The map grew to 90 entries backed by 183 documented source links across 18 sources, with two new patient-community sources landed and a hand-curation pass on which patient phrases the app shows publicly.

Jul 6

The map grew to 86 entries backed by 164 documented source links across 16 sources, including new work connecting patient language directly to specialist routes.

Jul 4

The app build is underway. Sign-in works end to end, and every code change now passes automated privacy and safety checks before it can ship.

Jul 4

We corrected the map count on this page. An earlier number here overstated it, so the counters now come straight from the map workbook and nowhere else. Undersold beats oversold.

Jul 2

The map more than doubled in a month: 69 entries backed by 136 documented source links, with 11 new sources ranging from peer-reviewed studies to patient communities and the VeDA registry survey.

Jun 8

Mobile check-in redesigned around good days too: logging "no symptoms today" now takes two taps.

Jun 2

23 new patient language entries added to the vocabulary map from published patient-experience research.

May 28

We have a name: Bearings. Because that's what this is for.

May 27

Patient discovery survey is live. 10 minutes, anonymous, and it directly shapes what gets built.

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