A study found that AirPods Pro can work almost as well as expensive hearing aids for people with mild-to-moderate hearing issues.
Apple doesn’t market the AirPods Pro as hearing aids, but the premium wireless earphones can help people suffering from hearing loss problems. That’s according to a new study which claims the $249 AirPods Pro are almost as good as premium hearing aids that can cost thousands of dollars.
The current AirPods Pro aren’t actually hearing aids, and Apple can’t market them that way. However, given the promising results of this study, it wouldn’t be surprising to see future earphones double as affordable hearing aids.
The study found that the sound amplification feature in the AirPods Pro helped adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss hear speech nearly as well as prescription hearing aids. Per The Wall Street Journal, the scientists published their results in the journal iScience.
The study compared the AirPods Pro, the $129 AirPods 2, a basic hearing aid, and a $10,000 premium hearing aid.
