Hearing test not available in Australia after iOS update this morning

Yes I agree government in Australia grinding to a halt on approvals unfortunately

From Page 1 of this discussion thread:

"Wondering whether or not marketing and Health Authorities in Australia are still looking into authorization".

Not all health items can be ordered from the US for delivery to Australia.

kit laughlin wrote:

You are not alone, Raylud. Does anyone know where one can post to convey our wishes to Apple?

It's not Apple who approves where the hearing aid feature will be allowed. It is up to each country. Contact the government agency that approves medical devices.

From Sydney University paper:

“In usual times, the TGA is about 120 days slower in approving drugs than the FDA. However, most studies show that there have been more safety problems with drugs fast-tracked by the FDA compared with drugs approved via its usual regulatory process.”

Not available in India but is available in Bhutan, Nepal etc. Looks like I have to go to these countries to get it uploaded on my AirPods. Can we do it through VPN when the next update is released in December

I did exactly the same thing this morning. over an hour on the phone to Apple support only to find out myself on google it is not avaliable in Australia. I did not need to spend $400 on "just another set of ear buds".

simontb wrote:

I have bought a pair and fully expect Australia to agree to allow Apple to market the product

Such a charmingly naive view of the politics of regulation. I certainly hope that you're right, though.

While we wait for full hearing assistance tech to be made available in Australia, here is an article on the use of the 'Headphone Accommodations' feature which does seem to work (I just tried it)  also an interesting recent article on the hackaday electronics DIY website

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Thanks very helpful

might be interesting to see if any tech minded people have done this in Perth or any other city in Aus and can offer the same solution

must say I like the idea of a faraday cage!

Peter— wrote:

I saw the multiple YouTube videos talking about this feature.

This is an excellent example of why you should not rely on YouTube for your shopping research. You need to actually go to the manufacture's site or into a store. Or call them. YouTube is not a reliable source of information (except possibly the knitting videos).

Thanks for the heads up when I purchased these Apple. NOT

Did you ask Apple before you bought them?

It was and still is for me because I didn’t update to 18.1. The UK is in the same boat as Australia in a regulatory way.

If you have an old iPhone or iPad running an IOS older than 18.1 kicking around you can set them up again with that. As far as I am aware you cannot roll back the IOS from 18.1 but it's something you can try if you have a backup in the Cloud or on your computer.

Thank you. Am unsure whether there's any way to check that out at the moment ... seemed there may have been a choice between the new hearing-test and an audiogram from another source ...

Hi

Thx, just checked. No hearing test but can still import one from an app.