Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Adrian Caspersz Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:27:45 +0000 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xYUBiFo+ioaBcw1x0O7HDg3bYeFDvZNdF7wVqSL4KtD2vsxdQN Cancel-Lock: sha1:WdVSSrNjkEkvx7ONt5CsIA8P4bM= sha256:d9qxueCaXx88Cw2N4B8w6gqBTfZMEpVe3OxNX1KsQ48= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:180551 On 26/02/2025 11:26, Theo wrote: > Michael Phillips wrote: >> On 26 Feb 2025 at 09:59:24 GMT, "Theo" >> 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