Hearing health is something many of us tend to ignore; in fact, we may not recognize the symptoms of hearing loss until communication becomes a significant challenge. Consider the fact that, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine , nearly 27 million Americans aged 50 and older have hearing loss, with only one in seven using a hearing aid....
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No actionable change for clinical practice yet — the Apple Hearing Study is ongoing and results have not been peer-reviewed; however, audiologists should be aware that patients may arrive with hearing exposure data from their devices.
Large-scale passive hearing monitoring via consumer devices could generate unprecedented population-level data on noise exposure and hearing loss progression, potentially influencing future screening guidelines.
- 01Apple's Hearing Study collects headphone listening data via iPhone and the Research app.
- 02Study is conducted in partnership with University of Michigan and WHO.
- 03Aims to track noise exposure and identify early signs of hearing loss at scale.
- 04Represents one of the largest real-world hearing data collection efforts to date.
- 05No peer-reviewed outcomes published at time of article; data remain preliminary.
Consumer headphones can passively track hearing health data at a population scale.
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