AirPods Pro 2 adds ‘clinical grade’ hearing aid feature

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Apple has announced some new hearing health related features, coming as a software update for AirPods Pro 2 owners.

This includes a hearing protection mode being enabled by default, offering passive noise cancellation in loud environments. Apple is also launching a “clinical grade” hearing aid mode, as part of a software update coming later this year.

Firstly, users can take a clinically-validated hearing test. The hearing test uses your AirPods and iPhone, and can be conducted by a user in under five times. The result of your hearing test can be viewed securely in the Health app.

If hearing loss is detected, the hearing aid mode is then available to use.