Forbes November 15, 2024
Ben Sin

Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus and vice president of health Dr. Sumbul Desai explain the AirPods Pro’s hearing health features.

Apple’s AirPods are the most popular wireless earbuds in the world for a reason: they are easy to use, sound great, and in the case of the Pro model, offer tremendous active noise cancelation — so much that I wear them on flights when I want to sleep.

But a new feature has rolled out to the AirPods Pro that pushes the earbuds beyond just entertainment use into something perhaps more important: an actual health device.

First announced during Apple’s September launch event, the second-generation AirPods Pro can become an FDA-approved, clinically validated hearing aid. This...

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