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Health
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Hearing aids to heart monitors: tech is going healthy

Apple has added hearing aid functions to its earbuds in a first for the industry. (HANDOUT/Apple Australia)

Wearable gadgets did little more than count steps when they first appeared, promising to assess a user's health depending on whether they hit 10,000 a day.

But the technology, which now ranges from smartwatches and fitness trackers to smart rings and earbuds, is being equipped to assess a growing list of medical conditions and has been formally approved for the task.

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