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I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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185 points gregsadetsky | 3 comments | 21 May 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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msephton ◴[22 May 25 01:48 UTC] No.44057995[source]▶
I also have tinnitus, as well as hearing loss related to loud music from nightclubs and concerts, and of course natural aging. AirPods Pro and the ability to adjust the audio to be personalised to my audiogram (hearing test results) is a huge quality of life increase. All done on device, no need to go anywhere or see any specialists.
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richwater ◴[22 May 25 01:50 UTC] No.44058003[source]▶
Hey there...could you expand on "the ability to adjust the audio to be personalised to my audiogram"? Sorry i'm not familiar with AirPods pro but suffer from tinnitus.
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1. turnsout ◴[22 May 25 02:47 UTC] No.44058301[source]▶
AirPods Pro 2 are now FDA approved to act as hearing aids, and during the setup, you will take a hearing test that generates an audiogram (essentially a personalized EQ adjustment). [0] I have pretty mild hearing loss, but it was very wild to turn it on for the first time. It’s like taking OFF a filter.

With that said, I don’t think it would lessen tinnitus, and I don’t think the parent comment was suggesting it would.

[0]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/120992

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2. msephton ◴[22 May 25 19:12 UTC] No.44065629[source]▶
Headphone Accommodations (what I was referring to, adjust to audiogram), Hearing Aid (boosts speech, reduces background noise, and perhaps also audiogram) and Personalised Audio (measure your ears, and other features) are separate but related features.
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3. turnsout ◴[23 May 25 15:26 UTC] No.44073718[source]▶
Yeah, Apple has made it as confusing as possible. But bottom line, if you do the hearing test you'll get an audiogram, which is great.