Olde Hornet
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A new feature turns Apple AirPods into impromptu hearing aids. We tried it
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech...earing-aid-if-youre-running-ios-12/735686002/
You almost certainly bought Apple’s wireless Bluetooth $159 AirPods to listen to music or podcasts, and not because you planned to use them as a sort of hearing aid substitute.
But hearing more clearly in a noisy environment is just what AirPods promise to help you do through the iOS 12 operating system that launches in the fall, and that—with all the associated risks—is now available as a public beta.
Through iOS 12, AirPods can exploit a "Live Listen" Apple-developed assistive hearing technology that has been available since 2014 on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with compatible, third-party Made For iPhone hearing aids or cochlear implants.
To use the feature with your AirPods, pair them per usual through Bluetooth on your iOS 12 device. Then, in Settings go to Control Center, tap Customize Controls and then Hearing. After placing the AirPods in your ears, bring up Control Center on your phone, tap Hearing—it’s the onscreen button with an ear—and then tap Live Listen.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech...earing-aid-if-youre-running-ios-12/735686002/
You almost certainly bought Apple’s wireless Bluetooth $159 AirPods to listen to music or podcasts, and not because you planned to use them as a sort of hearing aid substitute.
But hearing more clearly in a noisy environment is just what AirPods promise to help you do through the iOS 12 operating system that launches in the fall, and that—with all the associated risks—is now available as a public beta.
Through iOS 12, AirPods can exploit a "Live Listen" Apple-developed assistive hearing technology that has been available since 2014 on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with compatible, third-party Made For iPhone hearing aids or cochlear implants.
To use the feature with your AirPods, pair them per usual through Bluetooth on your iOS 12 device. Then, in Settings go to Control Center, tap Customize Controls and then Hearing. After placing the AirPods in your ears, bring up Control Center on your phone, tap Hearing—it’s the onscreen button with an ear—and then tap Live Listen.