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Tag: hearing aids

The pros and cons of using Apple’s AirPods Pro as hearing aids

Friday, February 7, 2025 2:03 pmThursday, February 6, 2025No Comments

Since Apple enabled the ability to use AirPods Pro as a hearing aid, some wearers have found they can finally hear others speaking in…

Apple releases updated AirPods Pro 2 firmware

Friday, October 25, 2024 10:02 amFriday, October 25, 2024No Comments

Apple has released a new firmware update for the AirPods Pro 2, available for both USB-C and Lightning models. The update…

Inside Apple’s secret audio labs where AirPods Pro 2 became hearing aids

Monday, October 21, 2024 4:08 pmNo Comments

We don’t let cameras in this place normally. And so it’s a little bit of an out-of-body experience for everybody…

Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids are ‘incredibly clear’

Monday, October 21, 2024 10:01 amMonday, October 21, 2024No Comments

Apple’s new clinical-grade hearing test and hearing-aid capability for AirPods Pro 2 arrive next week through a free software update…

U.S. FDA authorizes first OTC hearing aid software to be used with Apple’s AirPods Pro 2

Thursday, September 12, 2024 1:01 pmThursday, September 12, 2024No Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday authorized the first over-the-counter hearing aid software that is intended to be…

Apple’s $249 AirPods Pro clinical-grade hearing aids can greatly help people with untreated hearing loss

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 4:45 pmWednesday, September 11, 2024No Comments

On Tuesday following Apple’s announcement that AirPods Pro 2 can be used as clinical-grade hearing aids, hearing aid manufacturers…

Hearing aid makers slip after Apple transforms AirPods Pro 2 into hearing aids

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 2:17 pm3 Comments

Hearing aid makers saw declines in their stock prices on Tuesday following Apple’s reveal of new hearing aid capabilities for AirPods Pro 2…

iOS 18 to turn AirPods Pro into hearing aids

Monday, March 11, 2024 5:12 pm5 Comments

Apple has big plans for iOS 18, including a new “hearing aid mode” for AirPods Pro. In “hearing aid mode,” AirPods Pro would…

Apple is working to better position AirPods as a hearing aid

Monday, July 3, 2023 10:34 amNo Comments

Apple is prepping major new hearing health and body-temperature features for AirPods, planning cheaper models, a transition…

Apple’s AirPods Pro amplify speech as well as some hearing aids – study

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 1:07 pm2 Comments

A study published Tuesday in the journal iScience found that a sound amplification feature on Apple’s AirPods Pro helped adults with…

Apple AirPods Pro have secret hidden feature

Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:36 am7 Comments

Brooke Crothers recently upgraded from the AirPods 2 to the AirPods Pro and found that Apple’s AirPods Pro have secret hidden feature …

How to use Live Listen with Apple’s AirPods

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 9:57 amTuesday, July 10, 20183 Comments

Your AirPods can function as hearing aids thanks to ‘Live Listen’ in iOS 12…

Apple’s AirPods to get ‘Live Listen’ feature in iOS 12

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 4:28 pmWednesday, June 6, 20183 Comments

Apple has one hardware-specific feature planned that wasn’t announced at Monday’s WWDC keynote…

Apple and Cochlear team to stream music and phone calls straight to Cochlear implants

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 5:53 pm12 Comments

Patients wearing revolutionary Australian-invented Cochlear implants will soon enjoy speech and music…

Apple and GN ReSound team up for ‘smartest hearing aid in the world’

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 9:28 am12 Comments

GN ReSound has launched the world’s first hearing aid…

Can Apple help make hearing aids cool?

Monday, March 10, 2014 5:02 pmMonday, March 10, 201422 Comments

People wait in long lines and even camp out to get their hands on new Apple devices…

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