Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. Apple's AirPods dominate the wireless earbud market, but they ...

A British team at the University of Essex recently announced the launch of a free, open source app called BioAid to explore the project of turning the iPhone into a hearing aid. The core concept is ...

Minneapolis-based Starkey Hearing Technologies, one of the largest hearing aid companies in the United States, has launched a Bluetooth-enabled, iPhone-connected hearing aid. Unlike most existing ...

The second-generation AirPods Pro have had hearing health features for a while now. However, those tools are being expanded in iOS 18 with Hearing Test, Hearing Aid and Hearing Protection that will ...

Can these earphones, with less cost and stigma than real aids, be a gateway for millions with untreated hearing loss?

AirPods Pro 2 become hearing aids next week. After testing the software, it's clear Apple has something unique here. Bridget Carey Editor at Large Bridget Carey is an award-winning reporter who helps ...

AirPods Pro 2 users in Australia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, and Malaysia will soon have access to the hearing health feature set that Apple has been rolling out for the last several months. In ...

AirPods Pro 2 are more than entertaining, they can be life changing for someone with hearing loss. AI image: ChatGPT/Cult of Mac There’s an important new reason you might put AirPods Pro 2 on your ...

Straight out of the box, the AirPods Pro 2 aren't technically a hearing aid, but with a simple software installation that became available at the end of October, 2024, that's what they become. It's ...

Apple announces new Hearing Aid mode for AirPods, a first of its kind hearing health feature for the tech company. Credit: Apple "AirPods Pro can help with hearing loss," reads a brand new Apple ...

Do you find yourself leaning in while you’re having a conversation, all the better to read the speaker’s lips? Do you ask people to repeat themselves? Do you crank the television a little (or a lot) ...

A new Health Canada registry update for AirPods Pro firmware suggests the hearing aid feature is finally launching in Canada. Is the wait finally over?