[HN Gopher] AirPods Pro 2 hearing aid and hearing test features ...
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       AirPods Pro 2 hearing aid and hearing test features approved to
       launch in Canada
        
       Author : amichail
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-12-16 19:20 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | julianlam wrote:
       | My son's audiologist is (of course) quite bearish on this whole
       | prospect. Her response was to ask who is going to do the
       | audiogram programming for the airpods.
       | 
       | I imagine this is probably something that could be automated
       | away, though.
        
         | ender341341 wrote:
         | I feel like that's letting perfect be in the way of better.
         | 
         | Are airpods the best hearing aid? no, but they cost 1/5 the
         | cost from what I'm seeing for 'cheap' professionally fit &
         | programmed hearing aids which opens it up to a lot of people
         | who otherwise might be struggling to interact with the world.
        
           | duskwuff wrote:
           | Yep. They're also a hearing aid that isn't conspicuously a
           | hearing aid (i.e. "I'm not hard of hearing, I was just
           | listening to some music earlier and haven't taken them out").
           | For younger users who might feel self-conscious about using a
           | hearing aid, that's a big plus.
        
         | DoctorOW wrote:
         | > _I imagine this is probably something that could be automated
         | away, though._
         | 
         | Even if it isn't, the audio programming capability can likely
         | be added to the software completely eliminating hardware costs
         | for anyone who already owns Airpods.
        
         | SSLy wrote:
         | > _who is going to do the audiogram programming for the
         | airpods._
         | 
         | you mean using the gram output as filter stack? That's in the
         | options > airpods > on the bottom.
        
           | duskwuff wrote:
           | It can also scan in a printed audiogram (using the camera)
           | and apply corrections based on that.
        
       | nsxwolf wrote:
       | I wanted to try this for auditory processing disorder, but I
       | passed the hearing test with flying colors, so it won't let me
       | try. Is this some regulatory thing?
        
         | CamJN wrote:
         | Not likely. It needs to build a profile of what sounds you
         | can't hear in order to know what to specifically make louder,
         | if there's nothing to specifically make louder, then the
         | feature cannot work. Just turn up the volume, or increase the
         | noise cancelling, or turn on voice isolation, or whatever you
         | actually want it to do.
        
           | nsxwolf wrote:
           | My hope is that it will one day be able to attenuate the
           | speech of people I'm not trying to listen to.
        
             | klipklop wrote:
             | Yeah I was hoping for this too. But sadly it wont let you
             | turn it on..
        
       | klipklop wrote:
       | One thing that is a bummer about this feature is if you have
       | little to no hearing loss you cant turn it on anyways to
       | "enhance" your hearing.
        
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