Hearing EQ

[rxp]

Anyone interested in this - on the latest iOS 14 beta you can measure an audiogram using an app that's calibrated for Ear Pods/Air Pods then use that audiogram to correct the headphone you're using.

I believe the audiograms are extremely accurate compared to any other phone/eco system - precisely because it has been calibrated to a specific set of earbuds. I do know the issue with Ear Pods / Air Pods is that on dummy heads different placements vary the FR dramatically but the app takes that into account in its measurement methodology.

 

[thewas]

I remember my Samsung Galaxy S2 or S4? having also something similar almost 10 years ago which was unfortunately not continued in the later generations I bought.
Also Beyerdynamic and others offer similar apps
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beyerdynamic.android&
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/miy/id1288555674

 

[rxp]

Yep I remember the Samsung ones. Wasn't aware of the Beyerdynamic ones.

The good thing about the Apple version is that it controls the end-to-end headphone/amplifier/OS so knows objectively correct levels. For example the health app even tells you your average db you've been listening to on your headphones, but it'll actually be accurate for apple headphones.

 

[JoachimStrobel]

Anyone interested in this - on the latest iOS 14 beta you can measure an audiogram using an app that's calibrated for Ear Pods/Air Pods then use that audiogram to correct the headphone you're using.

I believe the audiograms are extremely accurate compared to any other phone/eco system - precisely because it has been calibrated to a specific set of earbuds. I do know the issue with Ear Pods / Air Pods is that on dummy heads different placements vary the FR dramatically but the app takes that into account in its measurement methodology.

Threshold testing for frequencies is not the same as audibility at 80-90 dB. It would be interesting to see how Apple translates a age related -10 dB threshold for 8 kHz into an adjustment for 90 dB earphone sound.