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Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid

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On 26/02/2025 11:26, Theo wrote:
> Michael Phillips <me@odtaa.com.invalid> wrote:
>> On 26 Feb 2025 at 09:59:24 GMT, "Theo"
>> <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> AIUI hearing aid functionality is not approved for use in the UK.  There
>>> were noises a couple of wweks ago from the government that they would
>>> expedite the process but no date has been announced.
>>
>> According to Apple the Hearing Test feature and the Hearing Aid feature
>> is available in UK and Ireland. It's only the Hearing Protection feature
>> that is restricted to USA and Canada.
> 
> Ah, it seems Apple enabled it 2 days ago:
> https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2025/02/hearing-aid-feature-available-today-with-airpods-pro-2/
> 

Manufacturers of hearing aids must have been hugely against this move, 
some their products are often overpriced for some types of hearing loss.

If someone wanted to create something cheaper, maybe open-sourced, there 
were approval issues, citing potential harm ...


So now it looks like Apple users can self diagnose and fix their hearing 
problems and skip the visit to the Audiologist, who might otherwise be 
blaming overuse of the Apple device for making the user deaf in the 
first place....

-- 
Adrian C

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Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Michael Phillips <me@odtaa.com.invalid> - 2025-02-26 09:39 +0000
  Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-02-26 09:59 +0000
    Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Michael Phillips <me@odtaa.com.invalid> - 2025-02-26 10:47 +0000
      Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-02-26 11:26 +0000
        Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2025-03-03 19:27 +0000
          Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-03-03 20:15 +0000
        Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2025-03-04 17:07 +0000
          Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2025-03-04 17:25 +0000
            Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-03-04 17:50 +0000
              Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-03-04 22:28 +0100
              Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2025-03-05 00:28 +0000
  Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid [OT] liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-02-26 10:44 +0000
    Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid [OT] Michael Phillips <me@odtaa.com.invalid> - 2025-02-26 11:35 +0000
      Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid [OT] liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-02-26 12:08 +0000
        Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid [OT] John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-02-27 08:35 +0000
          Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid [OT] David <David.is@home.today> - 2025-02-27 09:19 +0000
      Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid [OT] David <David.is@home.today> - 2025-02-28 10:46 +0000
  Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Michael Phillips <me@odtaa.com.invalid> - 2025-03-10 11:14 +0000
    Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2025-03-11 01:37 +0000
    Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-03-13 10:19 +0100
      Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Michael Phillips <me@odtaa.com.invalid> - 2025-03-13 10:04 +0000

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