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Hygro t1_iwsjnum wrote

They sound better and work better than the two hearing aids I have owned. Also cheaper, more comfortable, and more stylish. I've always thought hearing aids should be honest so that they can look cool instead of trying to hide either behind the ear or like skin tone in the ear.

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stackens t1_iwspkuh wrote

How do they function as heating aides exactly? Is there a way for transparency mode to amplify sound?

To your second point, agreed, and other forms of mechanical aid should do the same. So many fashion possibilities with prosthetics

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Jun1or t1_iwsr5r4 wrote

Transparency mode DOES amplify sound, and also provides a degree of direction to sounds. I’ve got a 55 gallon fish tank and can tell the instant the water gets below the filter mark because I can heat it, but only with my AirPods on.

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Sun-Ghoti t1_iwt0zse wrote

Sure they amplify sound, but the point of hearing aids is to only amplify the right sounds, not every sound.

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ZappyZane t1_iwtkf89 wrote

Sure, thats why Apple. Sony, Bose etc need to do user-tailored sound curves (audiogram), and for low to low/moderate hearing loss is probably fine for most.

A friend had hearing aids "professionally fitted", and the free internet audiogram basically matched the one done in a sound booth by the professional.
The tuning on the hearing aids wasn't that good, being a "cheap" (aka not mega-multi-thousand currency pair), so tbh i think consumer electronic companies could easily do something better at the lower end of hearing loss for users.

They did have a pair of Here One earbuds which were so close to being great, but battery life and app integration let them down. Then Apple came out with their first earbuds and kinda killed them off. Sad really as the tech was getting close.

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Hygro t1_iwu207s wrote

Somewhere deep in the settings I was able to get them to boost specifically the highs in transparency mode. But it might be related to my previous hearing aids' tie-in to my phone (they were bluetooth). Or not related. Definitely do some googling regarding the accessibility settings. I can't remember my steps.

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Hygro t1_iwx4s3w wrote

yeah, imagine if they tried to hide glasses. Like, not contacts but plastic skin tone frames and looping around your face in weird ways like a bad pair of monocles

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