On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first over-the-counter hearing aid software designed for use with compatible versions of Apple\u2019s (AAPL.O) AirPods Pro headphones.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Apple announced that its AirPods Pro 2<\/a> can be transformed into a personalized hearing aid through an upcoming software update.<\/p>\n Once installed and tailored to the user’s hearing needs, the software enables compatible versions of AirPods Pro to function as an over-the-counter hearing aid. Consequently, it amplifies sounds for individuals aged 18 and older who experience mild-to-moderate hearing loss, according to the health regulator.<\/p>\n “Hearing loss is a major public health concern affecting millions of Americans,” stated Michelle Tarver, acting director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.<\/p>\n “Hearing loss is a significant public health concern impacting millions of Americans,” said Michelle Tarver, the acting director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.<\/p>\n In 2022, the health regulator approved the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids, allowing adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss to obtain them directly from stores or online retailers without needing a medical exam, prescription, or a visit to an audiologist.<\/p>\n Apple’s<\/a> newly authorized Hearing Aid Feature is a software-only mobile medical application that users set up on their iOS devices<\/a>, such as an iPhone. The feature customizes itself based on the user’s hearing levels, which the application retrieves from iOS HealthKit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first over-the-counter hearing aid software designed for use with compatible versions of Apple\u2019s (AAPL.O) AirPods Pro headphones.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":21239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1713],"tags":[3310,3311,3313,3309,1186,3312,3308],"class_list":["post-21234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technews","tag-a-medical-exam","tag-airpods-pro-2","tag-application","tag-application-retrieves","tag-ios-devices","tag-software-only-mobile-medical-application","tag-u-s-food-and-drug-administration-fda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21234"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21240,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21234\/revisions\/21240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandligo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Apple to Launch New Hearing Health Features for AirPods Pro 2 Users in Over 100 Countries This Fall<\/strong><\/h2>\n