After years of neglecting loud environments and using AirPods all the way up, performing an AirPods Pro 2 hearing test revealed a harsh truth.
Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 hearing test is now available for US and Canada users alongside iOS 18.1. While some journalists have made the test and experienced AirPods as hearing aid devices and how great they were for that, I have a less optimistic view of that function.
I’m 29 years old, and in the past 15 hours, I have performed the AirPods Pro 2 hearing test twice. I last did a similar test when I left a job at a TV station three years ago. If I remember correctly, I had a hearing loss of around 15 dBHL. Now, I’m around 25 dBHL.
To be honest, that concerns me. I know that I’ve never had the best hearing capabilities. But noticing it has declined this much in just three years made me worried. On one hand, I praise Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 hearing test for giving me a simple way to see how my hearing is. On the other hand, I think Apple helped create this issue.
I’m part of that generation that always had headphones on.
