Apple Airpods 2 Pro as hearing aids

[XYZ]

Thanks for not letting me down . . . I was surprised it took 16 posts.

I was beginning to think nobody got it…..

 

[FlyGuyGSP]

I was beginning to think nobody got it…..

The joke really fell on deaf ears.

 

[SoonerP226]

On the downside, the silicone ear tips don't want to stay in my ears. I found out last night that when I yawned the one on the right pops out. By noon today, both wanted to fall out of my ears. Ear tips made of other materials are available and I'll definitely ry some out.

I occasionally have that problem with mine. I used these foam tips when I was on a tractor regularly, and they worked pretty well:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08RLB2L23

I don’t recall exactly why I went back to the Apple silicone tips, but they (the stock Apple tips) generally work pretty well for me, except for the occasional popping out.

 

[NorthFan]

If you haven’t tried it yet do the eartips fit test in the app. Should be 3 different sizes in the box.

 

[dennishoddy]

Interesting thought. My grandfather had bad hearing but never bought hearing aids. When conversations were going on, he would cup his hand behind his ear to hear what we were saying. By contrast, my wife's father was very soft speaking, but when my grandfather and him got together, my grandfather never had to cup his hand behind his ear. I guess my father-in-law's voice frequency was such that Grandpa could hear him just fine.

That can certainly be true. My hearing at low frequencies is bad but almost non-existent at the higher frequencies. Starting at the pitch of my wife's voice....

 

[Preacherman]

I was beginning to think nobody got it…..

Since this is in type maybe you should have used blurry letters?

 

[Preacherman]

I wear hearing aids and they are such a rip off. I hate that they take advantage of the elderly. No, I don't think of myself as elderly but still.

 

[DDriller]

I have worn hearing aids for 15 years. Hearing like normal will never happen even with the most expensive and modern aids out there. They do help some listening to people but there are not able to have you hear everything. Mine help me more listening to the computer or phone. I have used Resound, Costco's brand of Phonak, and currently using Oticon. Every person is different and different hearing aid technology can help some and not others.
Rechargable aids are nice IF you don't need them for over 15 - 18 hours at a time. If the battery goes bad they have to be sent back to the manufacturer to be replace (just got batteries in my Costco aids replaced).

 

[NorthFan]

On a side note, Hearts For Hearing is a very good place to get tested and they don’t try to sell you something you might not need.

 

[dennishoddy]

I have worn hearing aids for 15 years. Hearing like normal will never happen even with the most expensive and modern aids out there. They do help some listening to people but there are not able to have you hear everything. Mine help me more listening to the computer or phone. I have used Resound, Costco's brand of Phonak, and currently using Oticon. Every person is different and different hearing aid technology can help some and not others.
Rechargable aids are nice IF you don't need them for over 15 - 18 hours at a time. If the battery goes bad they have to be sent back to the manufacturer to be replace (just got batteries in my Costco aids replaced).

Very true. I know some have issues affording them and it's sad the best cost so much, but hearing loss does occur at different frequencies. The better models can be tuned by the audiologist to match the loss.
I sometimes cringe when seeing the cheaper models advertised as the ability to recover ones hearing as they are just amplifiers, not true hearing aids.
I'm sure they help and encourage anyone with loss that can't afford hearing aids to get some. Any recovery is better than none.