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Jun1or t1_iwsr5r4 wrote

Reply to comment by stackens in Study: AirPods Pro are *this close* to being full-fledged hearing aids - Apple's social isolation sticks are useful for low to moderate hearing loss. by speckz

Transparency mode DOES amplify sound, and also provides a degree of direction to sounds. I’ve got a 55 gallon fish tank and can tell the instant the water gets below the filter mark because I can heat it, but only with my AirPods on.

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Sun-Ghoti t1_iwt0zse wrote

Sure they amplify sound, but the point of hearing aids is to only amplify the right sounds, not every sound.

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ZappyZane t1_iwtkf89 wrote

Sure, thats why Apple. Sony, Bose etc need to do user-tailored sound curves (audiogram), and for low to low/moderate hearing loss is probably fine for most.

A friend had hearing aids "professionally fitted", and the free internet audiogram basically matched the one done in a sound booth by the professional.
The tuning on the hearing aids wasn't that good, being a "cheap" (aka not mega-multi-thousand currency pair), so tbh i think consumer electronic companies could easily do something better at the lower end of hearing loss for users.

They did have a pair of Here One earbuds which were so close to being great, but battery life and app integration let them down. Then Apple came out with their first earbuds and kinda killed them off. Sad really as the tech was getting close.

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