Apple announced a handful of new products during its “It’s Glowtime” event this month. While the iPhone 16 lineup grabbed most of the attention, the most intriguing announcement came from a different product line. The Cupertino-based company in California revealed that its top-tier earbuds, the AirPods Pro 2, will now double as over-the-counter hearing aids through a software update, which …
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Five children who were born completely deaf have had some reversal of hearing loss after receiving a “groundbreaking” gene therapy. The clinical trial, which was co-led by Mass Eye and Ear in Boston and the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, was the first in the world to apply gene therapy to children in both ears, according …
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You may have heard of white noise used to mask background sounds. Now, it has colorful competition. There’s a growing buzz around pink noise, brown noise, green noise — a rainbow of soothing sounds — and their theoretical effects on sleep, concentration and relaxation response. The science is new with only a few small studies behind it, but that hasn’t …
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Noise-canceling earbuds and headphones can be helpful when you need silence on demand — but could they be hazardous to your health? The technology has grown in popularity among people who need to eliminate auditory distractions — background chatter, loud children or traffic noise. Yet some experts claim that blocking out the sounds of your surroundings can put you at …
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