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Choses Sauvages, III - @MeasureUK #chosessauvages #audiogram - III
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Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound

Apple announced a trio of major new hearing health features for the #AirPods Pro 2 in September, including clinical-grade hearing aid functionality, a hearing test, and more robust hearing protection.

All three will roll out next week with the release of iOS 18.1, and they could mark a watershed moment for hearing health awareness.

#Apple is about to instantly turn the world’s most popular earbuds into an over-the-counter #HearingAid.

#hearingloss #audiology #audiogram #deaf #deafness
https://www.theverge.com/24275178/apple-airpods-pro-hearing-aid-test-protection-preview

Text Shot: Over the last several days, I’ve been able to preview Apple’s hearing health features. At times, the experience has been emotionally intense. I’m someone who grew up with a Discman and iPod basically attached to my hip, and I’ve been to countless concerts over the decades. I also haven’t seen an audiologist since 2018 or so. That’s anything but unusual; Apple says 80 percent of adults in the US haven’t had their hearing checked in at least five years. Putting a test right on your iPhone is a great way to improve that trend.

#BranVan3000 – Glee cd on #Audiogram #CapitolRecords 1998
http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOJwYYu8z08pO4ZSdmJybGfa_i7DZxfMt

Easy as 1-2-3: Development and Evaluation of a Simple yet Valid Audiogram-Classification System
Humes and Zapala, 2024

"Here, a three-digit triad is proposed as a single-number summary of not only the severity, but also the configuration and bilateral symmetry of the hearing loss. ... Each digit also represents a different frequency region of the audiogram"

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23312165241260041

#Auditory #Sensory #Science #Audiology #Audiogram

The new #captioned #audiogram version of the current episode of The A&P Professor #podcast is ready to listen & watch!
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#anatomy #physiology #theAPprofessor #KevinPatton https://t.co/o9bjDe9DFL https://www.youtube.com/@theAPprofessor?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The new #captioned #audiogram version of the current episode of The A&P Professor #podcast is ready to listen & watch!
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#anatomy #physiology #theAPprofessor #KevinPatton https://t.co/8JAJzHfWEj https://www.youtube.com/@theAPprofessor?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The new #captioned #audiogram version of the current episode of The A&P Professor #podcast is ready to listen & watch!
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#anatomy #physiology #theAPprofessor #KevinPatton https://t.co/QkIxGeGlfq https://www.youtube.com/@theAPprofessor?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Custom blocks in themes will not pass #WordPress theme review, but you can still customize core blocks! You can do a lot with a className.

But if you're building a plugin, you have Justin's permission to go wild, use custom attributes even.

https://youtube.com/shorts/wZM9QxX60iA

Link description: short clip of In The Loop episode 28

#WebDevelopment #Gutenberg #podcast #audiogram #InTheLoop

Have you added custom controls in #Gutenberg before? Wondering why you'd want to do that in a theme? Justin Tadlock's Beyond Block Styles series on the #WordPress developer blog has you covered.

If you haven't yet read them and you do custom theme work, you're doing a disservice to yourself!

https://youtube.com/shorts/9O-lPDgsUG8

Link description: short clip of In The Loop episode 28

#InTheLoop #podcast #audiogram #WebDev

@simon
While you are at it, for anyone who has hearing loss or impairment, you can import your audiogram in the accessibility settings. From here #iOS will create a custom audio EQ so you can hear the audio as the sound engineers intended.

**You have to be using Apple Health**

Q: How do I get my #audiogram into Apple Health?
A: There are two ways (probably more).

1) If your medical provider supports Apple Health, you can sync and import your medical records.

2) You can use an app like Mimi to take an at home test and create your audiogram that syncs with #AppleHealth.
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Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual > Headphone > Tune Audio For
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Hope this helped. 

https://apps.apple.com/app/id932496645

#Apple #iPhone #AirPods #iPad #iPadOS #hearing #hearingimpairment #hearingloss

Imagine if each developer or custom field plugin didn't have to implement their own custom API for adding fields to #WordPress. @skc has been not only imagining, but doing this very thing since 2015 with the Core Fields API project.

https://youtube.com/shorts/4Ne6J4b2DG4

Link description: short clip of In The Loop episode 27: It's Time for Core Fields

#audiogram #podcast #CustomFields

We heard you like podcasts about podcasts so we made this clip about clips.

Do you also like the viewsource.fm clips like @aurooba or scroll past like @briancoords?

#WordPress #podcast #audiogram

https://youtube.com/shorts/OBKcdS3hNyg

Link description: clip from In The Loop episode 25.

Do you engage with the podcasts you listen to on social media, or do you prefer to be a passive listener?

Tune in to our latest #interview to find out what viewSource is, and why are Aurooba Ahmed and Brian Coords making it.

#WordPress #podcast #podcasting #audiogram #WebDevelopment #learning #OpenSource

https://youtube.com/shorts/UvRAfpXZE4I

Link description: 58 second clip of In The Loop episode 25: Learning Out Loud with Aurooba Ahmed & Brian Coords

Using AirPods as a Hearing Aid (Revised)

I posted a link to an article earlier about what we can do to prevent dementia.
https://mstdn.social/@garry/110004588618144618

One thing that was news to me is that there is a link between poor hearing and dementia. And one thing that many people don't know is that you can use AirPods as a hearing aid. It takes a few minutes to set up but can make a world of difference.

I spent a lot of time some years ago working with very loud sound while producing music with pro level headphones. Subsequently my ability to hear sounds at 1,000 Hz and above was greatly reduced. Amongst other things this meant that it was difficult to hear consonants in speech, effectively making me partially deaf.

I got a pair of AirPod Pro earbuds and set them up for my personal hearing needs. Later that day I went for a walk in my local woods and literally gasped out loud at hearing the birds I'd been missing for some years!

The way you set them up is buried deep in the Settings, so it's not surprising that not many people know about it. Here's where you need to go. You need to have the AirPods connected to your iPhone or iPad.

Settings
Accessibility
AirPods
Audio Accessibility Settings
Headphone Accommodations
Custom Audio Setup
Headphone Audio Customisation

You run through a couple of hearing tests, one for voice volume levels and one for best music settings. After the tests you should see a volume slider. It's important to move that to wherever you need it. Hearing sounds at all frequencies is great, but I found that I wanted a slight volume boost to enhance conversations. Some people might want to turn it down if it's enhancing the sound too much.

After this you should be good to go, but you can always set it up again. And maybe make a note of where the settings are. (Why can't we bookmark particular settings, Apple?)

"A few points to note:
1) If you can get an audiogram (from a free hearing test?) you can input that at an early stage of the setup. I didn't have one to test but I imagine that it speeds up the whole process.

2) This process worked for me, but I'm not an audiologist, so it's your decision whether to go this route.

3) Here's the list of devices it works with, and the news is good for anyone with any of these devices:

AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation)
AirPods (2nd and 3rd generation)
AirPods Max
Apple EarPods (with 3.5mm Headphone Plug or Lightning Connector)
Powerbeats
Powerbeats Pro
Beats Solo Pro
Beats Fit Pro

I tried it with the EarPods that came with my iPhone XS and they weren't recognised for some reason. Maybe it's only with newer models.

4) Airpods Pro 2 cost £248 currently in the UK. That's a fair amount of money. Hearing aids that actually work typically cost between £500 and £3,000, and that's just for one. You usually get a discount for two, but it's still a lot of money. Cheaper to get an audiogram and the AirPods.

5) It should be obvious that you need to use the AirPods in Transparency mode for this to work. You can, of course, listen to music in Transparency mode, and you should find that you can turn the music up or down without affecting the volume of the sounds around you. Now, if Apple would just add extra sensitivity for the sound of ebikes and scooters...

6) Dr Rob (@PapaBear) reminded me that you can use Live Listen (sometimes jokingly referred to as Espionage Mode), which is where, say, you put your iPhone in the middle of a desk during a meeting, or right in front of the TV. You can read about that here:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/airpods/dev85c352340/web

7) I'm going to repeat the warning that Apple (and every other manufacturer of such audio devices gives you, slightly revised for the context: Listening (to anything through AirPods) at high volumes can damage your health.

8) Paul (@beerbaking) suggested a way of using a Shortcut to access the Settings without having to dive down one level at a time.

Open the Shortcuts app, tap Add Action, tap URL (you can search for it first), enter prefs:root=ACCESSIBILITY&path=AUDIO_VISUAL_TITLE/AXPAEnableSpecID (perhaps copy and paste to avoid mistakes) in the field with the paperclip icon, tap Open URLs under Next Action suggestions, tap Done. Tap the new Shortcut to try it. You can then long-press on the Shortcut to Rename it. You can also long-press, tap Share, then tap Add to Home Screen for a one-tap solution that avoids going back into the Shortcuts app every time.

I hope you find this information useful. And especially that it keeps some of you from worse hearing loss, let alone dementia.

There are a couple of articles you might be interested in:

Study: AirPods Pro are this close to being full-fledged hearing aids
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/study-airpods-pro-are-this-close-to-being-full-fledged-hearing-aids/

Apple AirPods getting new health features in the next few years
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/03/12/apple-airpods-getting-health-features-in-the-next-few-years

#Apple #AirPods #HearingLoss #HearingAid #DeafAid #audiogram