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Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features

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166 points elsewhen | 3 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.604s | source
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an_d_rew ◴[22 Oct 24 02:35 UTC] No.41910659[source]▶
As a mid-50 year old who discovered two years ago that he has moderate hearing loss (50-55 dB HL), I will be forever grateful to Apple for doing this.

If anybody from the accessibility teams is reading this, please know that it is difficult for me to overstate my gratitude and my appreciation for the amount of work this must've taken.

Music sounds unbelievably better through my AirPod pros, and I didn't even know what I had lost until I heard it again.

I'm willing to bet that a lot of my middle aged compatriots don't even know how much their hearing has degraded… Get your hearing test tested, folks, while you still have it!

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analog31 ◴[22 Oct 24 02:49 UTC] No.41910729[source]▶
Yes, and protect your hearing while you can. Turn down your tunes.

Disclosure: Working musician. I wear musician's earplugs when playing in bands.

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1. Semaphor ◴[22 Oct 24 04:57 UTC] No.41911315[source]▶
> I wear musician's earplugs when playing in bands.

As a musician, you possibly have custom ones, but for anyone else who’s not an audiophile, you can get decent ones that mostly preserve the sound while lowering the volume for around $15-20. A godsend for concerts.

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2. analog31 ◴[22 Oct 24 05:37 UTC] No.41911492[source]▶
I actually just use the Etymotic ER20's. I'd rather have cheaper ones that I can afford to lose, and also have a pair in each instrument case.
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3. blendo ◴[22 Oct 24 07:59 UTC] No.41912183[source]▶
Yes, +1 for etymotic. I’ve used them for years.