FDA Approved Earbud Hearing Protection & Aid Software (& more)
I had been following this technology before the noise pollution episode released. I wonder if this episode was recorded before this technology released.This technology is one of the only reasons I appreciate Apple. Even though they have plenty of annoying, sketchy, and borderline illegal business practices (skeptical Sunday on big tech?), this breakthrough seems huge. Hopefully other tech companies follow suite, make it more affordable, and allow more cross compatibility.
Side note, I think I have misophonia which is simply described as strong reaction to specific sounds. Similar to the hearing protection software, I could see an evolution someday to add a noise filter software which could really help people with misophonia, ptsd, autism, and more. It might be interesting to hear some sort of a follow up to the noise pollution skeptical sunday focused even more on noise sensitivity.