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Re: Airpod Pro 2 as hearing aid

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Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> wrote:
> 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.

In the US, hearing aids used to be only available on prescription - and that
meant traditional US usurious healthcare costs.  People would pay $5000 for
a basic hearing aid.  Now there are OTC devices like this.

> 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....

If you have serious hearing loss I think you still need an audiologist and a
proper hearing aid, but the OTC devices like Airpods cover mild hearing
degradation.  They also don't look like a traditional hearing aid, they
look just like the same Airpods people use for music or calling.

Theo

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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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