Apple has announced the deployment, in France, of a functionality allowing hearing tests using its AirPods Pro. The idea is to get to know your hearing abilities better.
A novelty for the French public and which would avoid visits to the ENT. After having deployed it in nearly a hundred countries last October, the tech giant Apple announced this Thursday, November 21, the deployment of the “Hearing Test” functionality on its AirPods Pro.
After revealing a feature to identify signs of sleep apnea, the apple brand is providing the French public with an experience to detect possible hearing loss.
To carry out the hearing test, simply use your AirPods Pro and your iPhone, then follow the procedure, similar to that used by a healthcare professional, which consists of indicating whether you hear sounds broadcast at variable frequencies . Each sound is played three times and the test lasts only a few minutes.
The “hearing aid” mode still inaccessible in France
This test, which must above all be carried out in a quiet place, would be very reliable, since the company indicated that it had compared the results obtained with their tool and those obtained with medical equipment, specifying that they were similar.
“At Apple, we believe technology can help you live a healthier life. It is therefore a source of pride to offer new health features for serious disorders that affect billions of people around the world, always while respecting data confidentiality,” said Dr. Sumbul Desai, vice-president of the Apple health department.
On the other hand, the “hearing aid” functionality, making it possible to correct hearing deemed defective, is still not accessible in France, as well as in several countries on the European continent.
