- Apple has just published a new patent
- It concerns the fact that the iPhone can support hearing aids
- AirPods, which can act as a hearing aid, could be included in these aids
The Californian company continually makes efforts regarding the accessibility of its devices for people with disabilities. With Apple, hearing-impaired people are not left behind. The iPhone and iPad, for example, offer a feature calledsound recognition.
Its principle is simple, it allows you to detect, using the device's microphone, sounds coming from the nearby environment. These will then be transcribed to the user in text form. This functionality can for exampleallow deaf people to be notified of a fire alarm.
The Cupertino company would like to explore the subject of hearing disability in more depth. She has just filed a patent for a major technology. This concerns the possibility forl’iPhoneto better support hearing aid sounds.These aids could include future AirPods.
What does it consist of
There are many hearing aids, at various costs, the most efficient of them are programmable and designed to adapt to any ear. Their operation is quite simple, the device captures a sound coming from outside and sends it to the chip of the hearing aid. The chip receives the sound, processes it and sends it to the amplifier which will amplify it then transmit it to a speaker positioned in the ear. Depending on the type and degree of hearing loss a person suffers from, the hearing care professional will calibrate the sound processing to provide the best possible comfort to the patient.
The most sophisticated devices make it possible to create several programs that can adapt to different contexts. The patent (US 20230276184 A1) that the Cupertino company called “remote updating of a hearing aid profile”could support these programs.
Thus, this could allowhearing aid users to adjust their sound in real time, depending on the environment around them. For example, they might increase the volume of their help in a noisy room or turn down the volume in a quiet room,all this from the iPhone.
Who among you uses hearing aids and would like to be able to control them better from the iPhone?
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