Elon Musk Lauds Apple AirPods Pro 2's Hearing Aid Feature As Tim Cook Highlights The Affordable Solution To What Otherwise Costs Up To $7,000
Elon Musk Lauds Apple AirPods Pro 2's Hearing Aid Feature As Tim Cook Highlights The Affordable Solution To What Otherwise Costs Up To $7,000
Apple's comprehensive hearing health solution includes active hearing protection, an at-home hearing test, and hearing aid capabilities that adjust sound in real time based on personalized hearing profiles.Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk endorsed Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) latest health technology innovation, responding "This is cool" to CEO Tim Cook's announcement of AirPods Pro 2's new hearing aid capabilities.
特斯拉公司首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克支持蘋果公司的最新健康科技創新，在首席執行官tim cook宣佈AirPods Pro 2的新助聽器功能時回應說：「這很酷」。
What Happened: Cook had shared his pride in Apple's teams developing "powerful technologies that are improving people's lives," specifically highlighting the AirPods Pro 2's personalized hearing aid feature. This development comes as Apple transforms its popular wireless earbuds into clinical-grade hearing assistance devices.
發生了什麼：庫克分享了他對蘋果團隊開發「強大科技以改善人們生活」的自豪感，特別強調了AirPods Pro 2的個性化助聽器功能。這一發展標誌着蘋果將其流行的無線耳機轉變爲臨床級助聽設備。
The new functionality addresses a significant global health challenge, with the World Health Organization estimating that 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from hearing loss. Traditional prescription hearing aids typically cost between $2,000 and $7,000, making them inaccessible to many potential users.
這一新功能解決了一個重要的全球健康挑戰，世界衛生組織估計全球有15億人遭受聽力損失。傳統的處方助聽器通常價格在2000美元到7000美元之間，使許多潛在用戶難以承受。
Apple's comprehensive hearing health solution includes active hearing protection, an at-home hearing test, and hearing aid capabilities that adjust sound in real time based on personalized hearing profiles.
蘋果的綜合聽力健康解決方案包括主動聽力保護、家庭聽力測試和能夠根據個性化聽力檔案實時調整音量的助聽器功能。
This is cool
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 29, 2024
這很酷
— 埃隆·馬斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024年11月29日
Why It Matters: The features are awaiting marketing authorization from health authorities, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and are expected to launch this fall in over 100 markets.
重要性：這些功能正在等待健康機構的市場授權，包括美國食品和藥物管理局，並預計將於今秋在超過100個市場推出。
This development builds on earlier research published in iScience journal, which found that AirPods Pro met four out of five standards for personal sound amplification products.
這一發展基於之前在iScience期刊上發佈的研究，該研究發現AirPods Pro滿足個人聲音放大產品的五項標準中的四項。
The AirPods line remains crucial to Apple's wearables segment, which generated $9.04 billion in fiscal fourth-quarter revenue.
AirPods系列在蘋果的可穿戴設備板塊中仍然至關重要，該板塊在財政第四季度產生了90.4億的營業收入。
While Apple maintains its leadership in the true wireless stereo market with a 17% share, this represents a significant decrease from its 48.1% share in 2019, reflecting increased competition in the space.
雖然蘋果在真無線立體聲市場保持17%的領導地位，但這與2019年的48.1%相比大幅下降，反映了該領域競爭的加劇。
The innovation comes as Apple continues to dominate the tech sector, with the company reporting overall fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $94.9 billion, exceeding analyst expectations and demonstrating strong performance across its product ecosystem.
這一創新正值蘋果在科技板塊持續主導之際，蘋果公司報告的整體財政第四季度營業收入爲949億，超出了分析師的預期，並展示了其產品生態系統的強勁表現。
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