Can Apple's AirPods Pro 2 really help those who need hearing assistance? Here's what the experts say.
Table of Contents Apple made waves when it announced that its AirPods Pro 2, when combined with iOS 18.1, could fulfill the role of OTC hearing aids. Given that OTC hearing aids can often run as much as $1,500, it seemed too good to be true that the same hearing benefits could be had for just $249 or less. Better yet, given the popularity if Apple ’s wireless earbuds , there’s an excellent chance that those who could benefit already own them .
In the lab In an ideal world, we’d evaluate the AirPods Pro 2’s speech enhancement using both qualitative results and quantitative results . The AirPods Pro 2 received a B grade, placing them in the second tier of HearAdvisor’s rankings. While that doesn’t seem especially noteworthy, the tests revealed a substantial difference between the initial and tuned results. “Speech in quiet” and “speech in noise” — arguably the most important criteria for any hearing aids — both increased by more than double after being tuned.
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