{"id":1158,"date":"2024-09-12T21:23:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T21:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2024-09-16T03:03:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T03:03:33","slug":"fda-approves-apple-airpods-hearing-aid-capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/fda-approves-apple-airpods-hearing-aid-capability\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves Apple AirPod&#8217;s hearing aid capability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s new Airpod Pros will double as an over-the-counter hearing aid. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Thursday the hearing aid feature, which is a software-only mobile medical application.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s marketing authorization of an over-the-counter hearing aid software on a widely used consumer audio product is another step that advances the availability, accessibility and acceptability of hearing support for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss,\u201d said\u00a0 Michelle Tarver, acting director of the FDA&#8217;s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FDA, more than 30 million Americans report some degree of hearing loss. Through Apple\u2019s new mobile feature, users can customize the device with the offered self-fitting strategy which will allow the adjustment of hearing needs \u2014 all without the assistance of a hearing professional.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since October 2022, due to new <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221028042729\/https:\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-finalizes-historic-rule-enabling-access-over-counter-hearing-aids-millions-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FDA hearing aid regulations<\/a>, consumers can purchase products from stores or online retailers without a medical exam, prescription or an audiologist visit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The AirPods Pro 2 will offer a \u201cclinical grade\u201d hearing test and professional grade hearing aid for iPhone and iPad users, in what the company claims is the world\u2019s first software-enabled hearing aid feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s new Airpod Pros will double as an over-the-counter hearing aid. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Thursday the hearing aid feature, which is a software-only mobile medical application. \u201cToday\u2019s marketing authorization of an over-the-counter hearing aid software on a widely used consumer audio product is another step that advances the availability, accessibility and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/filipzajac.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}