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Yep. I still haven't been able to determine if this "new" feature is any different from what already exists.

I hope so because when you enable your audiogram for transparency it sounds like you're in an ASMR video. There's no way to make it sound natural but louder, which is what I would expect from a hearing aid.

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The audio gram stuff existed, but wasn’t well known and as mentioned required a third party app.

The hearing aid stuff was only recently certified by the FDA as an OTC hearing aid. Apple has had a mode for a many years where AirPods + iPhone could act like a hearing aid. But it didn’t meat the medical classifications.

Actually you have been able to import your audiogram for at least the last two versions of iOS (16+), no third-party app required.

But it was simply called "an accommodation". Can't call it a hearing aid until you were approved by the FDA!

Right but the question is how much - if at all - different hearing aid mode is from what was already there. It's possibly it was already compliant but simply hadn't been certified. Or maybe it's way different, I haven't been able to find any information on any differences.

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