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Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features

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93 points elsewhen | 4 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.952s | source
1. tzs ◴[22 Oct 24 02:20 UTC] No.41910563[source]▶
Based on the graph it looks like the hearing test only tests out to 8 kHz. That's disappointing. That's also the limit at most audiologists offices. It would be nice to have a good test that goes farther.
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2. shiroiushi ◴[22 Oct 24 02:45 UTC] No.41910712[source]▶
Audiologists don't seem to care about your high-frequency hearing.
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3. MBCook ◴[22 Oct 24 03:40 UTC] No.41910983[source]▶
They’re mostly focused on where speech and everyday important sounds (car that’s about to run you over, fire alarm, doorbell, etc) are right?
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4. shiroiushi ◴[22 Oct 24 03:45 UTC] No.41911001{3}[source]▶
Of course, the "important sounds" are mostly below 8 kHz, but I think they're missing out by not looking at higher-frequency sound sensitivity, since that's the first thing you lose.