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Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid

From Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid
Date 2025-03-04 17:25 +0000
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On 4 Mar 2025 at 17:07:54 GMT, "Jaimie Vandenbergh"
<jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:

> On 26 Feb 2025 at 11:26:07 GMT, "Theo"
> <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> 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/
>> 
>> Theo
> 
> I'll be interested in the self-test results. I have a peculiar issue
> since about 18 months ago where the Airpods "transparency" no longer
> really works in my right ear - and I've tried three different right
> earpods which test fine for other people.

Well, that came back with "no significant issues", 1db loss left ear,
5db loss right ear. Categorisation is that 0-24db loss is "little to no
loss".

So I shall definitely be interested in the audiologist report!

    Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
"It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I
have been searching for evidence which could support this"     -- Bertrand Russell

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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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