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Anyone who has an iPhone can amp up their hearing of TV, movies, in restaurants, in crowds, in any conversation—without hearing aids. Or with one hearing aid and one AirPod.
AirPods Pro are cooler looking and more universal; watch news shows, podcasts, everyone’s wearing them. They also work on phone calls, zoom calls, on walks, reading audiobooks. You can sleep to dreamy, calming music in them. You can opt to go silent and cancel outside noise, like your spouse playing loud music, or traffic noise. With the Live Listen feature you can put your phone in front of a sound system, or someone you’re straining to hear in a conversation it will act as a microphone; sound delivered directly to your ears. The new Conversation Boost feature in Transparency Mode gives you another option to try in different situations to optimize and customize your experience. Since they’re designed for sound quality, there’s no comparison to hearing aids, even the ones that can be synched to your phone. AirPods are better.
If you’re too vain to wear hearing aids—you know who you are—you can look more "normal" in an earbud or two.
I lost several years of a quality relationship with my mother because she denied her hearing loss and adapted all the cover-up habits. Don’t let that happen to your loved ones.
Visit Apple for details, or Youtube does a good job of explaining the AirPods Pro technique. Search "AirPods Pro as hearing aids," and you’ll see audiologist reviews and how-to’s. Contact me any time for questions. I am not a hearing professional nor am I a hearing aid expert, although I wore them for over ten years. I’ll answer or provide resources.
Good luck and good hearing.
Update: 06/15/22. I am wearing my new Jabra hearing aids recently purchased at Costco. Why? As good as Apple AirPods are, they are quirky. I would have to pull out my phone to turn functions back on after they mysteriously went off – – and that’s rude, right? The Jabra product charges overnight while I still sleep in my AirPods, listening to music, audiobooks, whatever. There’s a trade off. So many features in the hearing aids but without the sound quality of AirPods Pro.