These are fantastic! First pair of AirPods. I use the hearing aid functionality
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2024 | Rating: 5/5 | Best Sellers in Electronics
a couple months ago i got “commercial” hearing aids from the va however i didn’t like how they operated so i gave them back and they’re going to order a different brandmodel which i’ll have in about three months  so i went in search of quality inexpensive hearing aids to fill the gap my hearing loss is considered mild at 32db on one side and 39db on the other i got the airpods last friday and the software for hearing aid support rolled out last night ios 181 so this will be a two part reviewpart one is the overall operation as earbuds for music and calls these are my first ever apple branded sound devices once i got the correct tips installed and the buds fitted i was ready to go omg the sound quality overall is the best of any earbuds i’ve ever owned and by a huge margin astonishing bass and crisp high range my hearing loss is in the upper ranges i’m beyond happy overall the only thing i’m dissatisfied with is the battery life at 56 hours but the extremely fast recharge speed eases that compliant voice quality when on a call is crystal clear controls are easy though a bit hard to operate considering how small they arepart two is the hearing aid function the first thing i had to do was take a hearing test with the included software however if you prefer to use a third party hearing test you can import that profile and use it the hearing test takes about 5 minutes after which the hearing aid sound enhancement profile is set automatically and they start up i was totally gobsmacked at how well these things work they boost the exact freqs i need they actually work considerably better than those 7000 egads hearing aids that i returnednow for the anc at home i sit right in front of a large noisy window air conditioner on the opposite side of the room is a dehumidifier i live in south central texas where it was 91° yesterday between these two pieces of equipment it’s pretty noisy here i turned on anc and the room went absolutely silent so silent that i thought i’d popped a circuit breaker and everything had stopped running i removed one of the airpods and the noise returned amazingin short everything i’d hoped the commercial hearing aids would do the airpods actually did i consider this the smartest purchase i’ve made in years only one negative and that’s the ear tips none of the provided sizes are a good fit for me so i’m now looking to memory foam replacements but that’s a very small gripe if you’re looking at these either for music or hearing don’t hesitate you’ll be glad you got themedit i had to go to a doctor appointment across town today part of the route is on a toll highway with an 80 mph speed limit and heavy traffic i got up to speed and turned on noise cancel mode  instantly the car was completely silent at 80 mph no road rumble no engine noise no wind noise no traffic noise it was an amazing and invigorating experience  oh for those wondering about recharge time if you take them all the way down to 0 battery and they shut down i’ve now ascertained that 6 hours is about what you get with all the options turned on it only takes about 15 minutes in the charge case and you’ll easily get another 34 hours out of themedit2 okay i’ve had these for almost a month and i just keep liking them more and more i didn’t mention pairing in my original text above so i need to mention it here there is in effect no pairing that you need to do at least in the appleverse by the time i’d opened the charging case and looked at the buds they’d already paired with both my iphone and ipad i didn’t have to go into settings on my ios devices or press any buttons on the case just open case and it’s done as a computer engineer for 40 years i have never seen a faster or more seamless pairing of anythingone more word on recharging just today i took them all the way to zero dropped them in the charger and in five minutes they were at 24i am in love with the hearing aid functionality i hear sounds in movies that i’d never heard before in my life even when my hearing was perfect and i can adjust amplification either by going into settings on my iphone or sliding my finger up or down on the stem