Galaxy Buds Add Hearing Care... Win Medical Device Approval from Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Features to Roll Out to Buds4 Pro and Buds3 Pro Early Next Year
Samsung Electronics said on November 4 that the “Hearing Check” and “Hearing Care” features available on Galaxy Buds have received medical device approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
As a result, users of the Galaxy Buds4 Pro and Buds3 Pro will be able to use their existing devices to check their hearing and compensate for hearing loss. The two features will be rolled out to users in Korea through software updates starting early next year.
Registered as digital medical device software, Hearing Check assesses the degree of hearing loss using pure-tone air-conduction testing, which measures the softest sound a person can hear at each frequency. Users can test each ear separately and receive results on a seven-level scale ranging from normal to profound hearing loss.
Based on the test results, Hearing Care amplifies sounds at frequencies that users have difficulty hearing. Users aged 18 or older with suspected mild to moderate hearing loss can adjust Galaxy Buds sound settings to suit their individual hearing profiles without assistance from an audiologist. To enable this, Samsung Electronics applied the NAL-NL2 hearing aid prescription formula developed by Australia’s National Acoustic Laboratories.
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“With this approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, we have integrated Hearing Check and Hearing Care into Galaxy Buds, broadening access to hearing support,” said Park Heonsoo, Vice President and Head of the Digital Health Team in Samsung Electronics’ MX Business. “We will continue to expand proactive, personalized health management experiences.”
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