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I hope this opens the door for AirPods to be able to function as hearing aides.

crooked-v 4y ago
They pretty much can right now, unofficially. There's a definitely-not-for-medical-use-wink-wink toggle that uses a paired iPhone's microphone to relay audio at an adjustable level.
- wyre 4y ago
  Huh? Transparency mode uses the microphones on the AirPod, not on the iphone.
  - tylerhou 4y ago
    Live Listen with AirPods: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209082 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209082
    - adolph 4y ago
      Oh, I thought that was Extendable Ears https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Muggles'_Guide_to_Harry_Potter/Magic/Extendable_Ear https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Muggles'_Guide_to_Harry_Potter...
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  - chrisseaton 4y ago
    Not transparency mode - live listen.
- wrycoder 4y ago
  It doesn't work very well, because of the latency in the BT chain. An effective solution needs to use the two mics in each AirPod and the internal AirPod DSP.
mgerdts 4y ago
I would love to be able to punch my audiogram into my phone to get AirPods or similar to do the right amount of amplification. I can hear almost nothing at many frequencies without amplification in my right ear but have normal hearing in my left. This means I can use a regular headset to hear well with my left ear or use Bluetooth on my one hearing aid to hear with my right ear.
- tylerhou 4y ago
  This already exists for AirPods/Beats under Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual > Headphone Audio. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211218 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211218 Not sure if you can punch in a custom audiogram, but there are apps (like Apple’s built-in one or Mimi) that will generate one for you.
  - mgerdts 4y ago
    It looks like you can punch in an audiogram. Now I just need to shell out more money for compatible earbuds. I don’t think that will act as a hearing aid yet, so it would leave me switching between AirPods and my hearing aid. The first hearing aid I lost was due to switching between a hearing aid and hearing protection.
    - skybrian 4y ago
      Here’s an article about using the AirPod Pro as a hearing aid. Apparently it sort of works already, but battery life probably isn’t good enough. https://www.hearingtracker.com/hearables/airpods-pro https://www.hearingtracker.com/hearables/airpods-pro

They pretty much can right now, unofficially. There's a definitely-not-for-medical-use-wink-wink toggle that uses a paired iPhone's microphone to relay audio at an adjustable level.

wyre 4y ago
Huh? Transparency mode uses the microphones on the AirPod, not on the iphone.
- tylerhou 4y ago
  Live Listen with AirPods: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209082 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209082
  - adolph 4y ago
    Oh, I thought that was Extendable Ears https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Muggles'_Guide_to_Harry_Potter/Magic/Extendable_Ear https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Muggles'_Guide_to_Harry_Potter...
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- chrisseaton 4y ago
  Not transparency mode - live listen.
wrycoder 4y ago
It doesn't work very well, because of the latency in the BT chain. An effective solution needs to use the two mics in each AirPod and the internal AirPod DSP.

mgerdts 4y ago

I would love to be able to punch my audiogram into my phone to get AirPods or similar to do the right amount of amplification. I can hear almost nothing at many frequencies without amplification in my right ear but have normal hearing in my left. This means I can use a regular headset to hear well with my left ear or use Bluetooth on my one hearing aid to hear with my right ear.

tylerhou 4y ago
This already exists for AirPods/Beats under Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual > Headphone Audio. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211218 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211218 Not sure if you can punch in a custom audiogram, but there are apps (like Apple’s built-in one or Mimi) that will generate one for you.
- mgerdts 4y ago
  It looks like you can punch in an audiogram. Now I just need to shell out more money for compatible earbuds. I don’t think that will act as a hearing aid yet, so it would leave me switching between AirPods and my hearing aid. The first hearing aid I lost was due to switching between a hearing aid and hearing protection.
  - skybrian 4y ago
    Here’s an article about using the AirPod Pro as a hearing aid. Apparently it sort of works already, but battery life probably isn’t good enough. https://www.hearingtracker.com/hearables/airpods-pro https://www.hearingtracker.com/hearables/airpods-pro