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That would be offering medical advice, and recommend a specific treatment. The FDA crawls up people and companies who do that without their permission. Why can
by h2odragon 4y ago
That would be offering medical advice, and recommend a specific treatment. The FDA crawls up people and companies who do that without their permission.
Why can't smartphones be louder for those people? put it behind a "enable full audio range" setting to prevent accidental activation if you like.
- amichail 4y agoHearing sensitivity often varies with sound frequency. So just increasing the volume wouldn't address different frequencies differently like hearing aids do.
- h2odragon 4y agoI can imagine a "can you hear this?" calibration app quite easily. AFAIK even full on high end hearing aids only do an 8 band or so EQ curve.
- amichail 4y agoWouldn't that turn the phone into a medical device, which is arguably worse without FDA (or equivalent agency) approval than telling people to get a hearing aid?