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Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features

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artdigital ◴[22 Oct 24 02:24 UTC] No.41910597[source]▶
Went to see an artist (DJ) I liked and forgot my filters. Remembered that I had my AirPods Pro and used them in transparency mode and after only 10 minutes completely forgot I had them even in. I was surprised how good they worked as hearing protection!

Now when I’m at festivals and I have friends without earplugs, I usually recommend them to just use their AirPods Pro (if they have some) instead of buying cheap plugs

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whoitwas ◴[22 Oct 24 09:10 UTC] No.41912517[source]▶
This comment confuses me, but makes sense. Concerts are for consuming sound, people wear ear plugs??? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Like a blindfold in a theater?
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1. sensanaty ◴[23 Oct 24 13:03 UTC] No.41924661[source]▶
I went to a drum'n'bass party the other week, and if I didn't have earplugs I'm positive I would've had permanent hearing damage from it. I didn't have a decibel meter with me, but if I did I imagine it would simply say "Holy shit". Even with my good earplugs, it was still overwhelmingly loud depending on where I was standing, but with them off no matter where I was it was overwhelming.

Maybe I'm just more cognizant of it these days, but I don't remember festivals and parties in the past turning things up quite so loud as seems to be the case these days.