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gedy ◴[22 Oct 24 01:50 UTC] No.41910392[source]▶

>>41909967 (OP) #

Unless I'm misunderstanding, the news here is Apple is adding a hearing test app, and "officially" stating that you can use your Airpods Pro like hearing aids.

I mention this as you can use these today as hearing aids, you just need to use a third party app to create your audiogram. I have fairly bad hearing loss and use Airpods instead of hearing aids.

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1. alwillis ◴[22 Oct 24 04:06 UTC] No.41911093[source]▶

>>41910392 #

Here's what's new:

* Air Pods 2 were approved by the FDA in September

* iOS (and iPadOS) 18.1, for which the release candidate was released earlier today, comes with the ability to enable hearing aid mode and with a hearing test

* based on the hearing test, the AirPods can automatically compensate how things sound to you

* Apple has announced that iOS 18.1 will be released next week

Details: https://www.apple.com/accessibility/hearing/

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Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features