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A comment on Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features. Parent comment

Re:Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features by MBCook on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:38PM (#41910970)
The audio gram stuff existed, but wasn’t well known and as mentioned required a third party app.

The hearing aid stuff was only recently certified by the FDA as an OTC hearing aid. Apple has had a mode for a many years where AirPods + iPhone could act like a hearing aid. But it didn’t meat the medical classifications.

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Re:Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features by an_d_rew on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:50PM (#41911025)
Actually you have been able to import your audiogram for at least the last two versions of iOS (16+), no third-party app required.

But it was simply called "an accommodation". Can't call it a hearing aid until you were approved by the FDA!

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Re:Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features by grahamj on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @09:18PM (#41930957)
Right but the question is how much - if at all - different hearing aid mode is from what was already there. It's possibly it was already compliant but simply hadn't been certified. Or maybe it's way different, I haven't been able to find any information on any differences.
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