FDA Finalizes Rule to Deregulate Hearing Aids

Re:FDA Finalizes Rule to Deregulate Hearing Aids by skybrian on Saturday May 06, 2023 @10:16PM (#35847268)

I use AirPods for music. The battery life isn't long enough to wear all day, so they'd have to do something different for hearing aids.

I can also play music using the bluetooth support on my hearing aids, but the sound isn't as good, since they're optimized for voice and have little bass. (They let some sound through, so that's normally not a problem.)

Also, hearing aid algorithms are tuned to maximize voice comprehension rather than to make music sound good. The default setting on mine makes a piano sound like a toy piano due to boosting the treble so much. I have another setting for live music.

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Re:FDA Finalizes Rule to Deregulate Hearing Aids by an_d_rew on Sunday May 07, 2023 @11:21PM (#35857720)

You can import your audiogram into your iphone and it will program your airpods to match.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211218

It’s bloody amazing.

A thousand blessings, health, and happiness to EVERYONE at Apple’s accessibility team for this!

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Re:FDA Finalizes Rule to Deregulate Hearing Aids by skybrian on Monday May 08, 2023 @11:51AM (#35862994)

I can’t do that using only an iPod, unfortunately, because the Apple Health app isn’t available. But there is a basic hearing test and that adjusts it pretty well.

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