Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jaimie Vandenbergh Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid Date: 4 Mar 2025 17:25:28 GMT Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net NpyKs3+Zu+S/qsPKtO4NswhChryoSG2WnWnonJCJ6fQEHhR+/i Cancel-Lock: sha1:zGIpj0Bvqe2gdSlijPotddXrOik= sha256:5F0fRdQOySDAwcBqpJXzAuD9STGVqLcAy584gS2l/js= User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS X-Usenapp: v1.27.4/l - Full License Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:180557 On 4 Mar 2025 at 17:07:54 GMT, "Jaimie Vandenbergh" wrote: > On 26 Feb 2025 at 11:26:07 GMT, "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/ >> >> 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