PLEASE WATCH THE ENHANCED AUDIO VERSION OF THIS VIDEO ON MY CHANNEL. I gave up my hearing aids for a week to see if the Airpods Pro could replace them. Watch all the way through to find out what it's like, and whether you should buy them for yourself.
I boosted the audio because it’s hearing related. You might want to see an audiologist, or download the Mimi app and make sure you don’t have a hearing loss. Rarely do people consider they have a hearing loss until they are faced with the reality of it.
Nice content in all seriousness but really man the audio is just low and it looks like you are using a lav mic but it sounds like you are using the built-in camera mic.
I did discover that my lav mic wasn’t working when I thought it was. I don’t know if that has happened in all of my videos or not. However, I did buy a new mic that I will be using in videos moving forwards. I also bought new editing software so that I can see audio levels better. What is strange though is that I have had to turn down the volume on my TV when viewing my videos on RUclips. Therefore, I thought that the audio levels were actually ABOVE normal videos considering my content is geared towards people with hearing losses. Regardless, I would still be interested in your audiogram!
Thank you for the tip. I have an Instamic now, and will be using it moving forward while shooting in Filmic Pro and editing in LumaFusion. I also have a new Mac Mini M1 (finally replaced my old one), and I will be editing on it. Both Filimic Pro and LumaFusion have better abilities with regards to audio.
I have 40 to 45 capacity in mini test. Health app recommend 85db volume for listening but i cant hear clear in my airpod pro so can I increase volume 90 to 100db without any issues?
40 to 45 percent capacity is in the moderate to sever loss range from my understanding. Have you been to an ENT to have your ears checked out, and an audiologist for testing? Your hearing might be past the point of using AirPods Pro. Also, did you tune the AirPods Pro to the audiogram?
I have Samsung Galaxy Plus & discovered when I put them on they are just like hearing aids. I do not have to turn anything on, press any buttons, play music, etc. as they work without needing any further tweaking from me. Do the iPod pros behave the same way, you put them on and they immediately amplify? I need to get another pair of ear buds and I am not sure if I should get Galaxy Pros or iPod Pros. The only issue I have with my Galaxy Plus is ear fatigue and I wish they were a tad louder. Thank you for any response, I appreciated your video!
If you have very mild hearing loss, perhaps it would be the same. I haven't used the Samsung product. What I can say is that Apple has put a lot of money into development for hearing and eyesight. If you buy the AirPods Pro, I'd recommend having a friend let you borrow their iPhone to configure them into hearing aids. Then disconnect them from their phone, and pair with yours if you are using Android.
Great video. What hearing aids were you wearing before? And if the airpods had, say, 12h battery life, would you consider swapping them for your traditional hearing aids entirely?
I have Eargo Max, Neo, and now Neo Hifi. Both hearing aids and AirPods Pro have their pros and cons. Honestly, I would tell everyone if they could afford it to have both. I love the AirPods Pro because I can hear, take calls easily, give Siri commands, and stream audio. However, they won’t work in wind, loud environments like restaurants, and when you need to be discreet. That’s where hearing aids win. So having both would be great. I’ll be doing a future video on hearables vs hearing aids that should cover everything!
You are better off getting the Nuheara IQ buds which can do the same job and they are better hearing devices. Because unlike AirPods they are designed for hearing.
I had the Nuheara product IQ buds, and I returned them. For some reason, they increased my tinnitus. They also don’t connect to more than one device at a time. I spend a lot of time on my iPad Pro and my iPhone where the AirPods Pro automatically switch between iPhone, iPad Pro, iPad Mini, Apple TV, and M1 Mac Mini. I think Nuheara is doing great things, and if I was a single device user, or had an Android as a primary device, I would consider them. However, the Olive Pro has them beat in battery life and form factor. There’s also another company coming to market with a hearable that might be even better in battery life and supposedly audio quality.
Which company is that? Have they brought out their device yet? Thanks for the video and all the time you have spent responding to people. The Q&A has been really helpful to read.
@@nowthenad3286 They have been around for sometime they have a few products on the market. A few years ago I came across Nuheara IQ buds on a channel I think it was unbox therapy in that review I watched Lew who was talking about how these give the impression of superhearing I started researching the company and discovered that these are hearing aids which can also be used as headphones.
I wear hearing aids in both ears. I would say that my better ear has mild - moderate hearing loss the other ear has severe hearing loss. Mimi can't calculate my results, presumably because I can't hear many of the sounds it sends to my weaker ear. Are you aware of another app or method that will yield better results. I bought the AirPod Pros because often one or both of my hearing aids did not Bluetooth connect to whatever device I'm trying to listen to. I find that I hear slightly better with my connected hearing aids when listening to RUclipss on my laptop, but the AirPods are okay. I generally listen to TV with my hearing aids, not bluetooth connected. I found the sound quality unacceptable with AirPods connected to Apple TV. Speech is muffled. Lastly, the AirPod Pros are pretty good as hearing aids, but not as good as my hearing aids.
Try this app if you have the wired apple earbuds. I think it’s better for moderate/severe hearing loss than Mimi. apps.apple.com/us/app/jacoti-hearing-center/id1001095418
That is entirely a subjective question. I have moderate/severe hearing loss. Therefore, my hearing aids are far superior for overall hearing. However, there is no other way I can listen to music or podcasts that is matched by the AirPods Pro. Are the excellent hearing aids in my case? No. Do they function adequately enough for me to function in day to day life? Yes. I think Apple doesn't want to wander over the regulatory line just yet. My presumption is that they will in the future, but not now. Thus, they can safely compensate for mild to moderate hearing loss without having to go through a regulatory process to be classified as hearing aids.
Great review as always! I have a peculiar question, I noticed that in cold weather where temperatures are 40 and lower the transparency mode, the AirPods Pro as hearings that I am using do not work well. I have to pull the AirPods pro to communicate with people. Why is that? Thanks!
Thank you! I don't think it's weather related. The latest push to iOS 15.2 has caused problems. I'm on iOS 15.3 beta 1, and it's still not resolved. You need to go back through the setup process. I have another video on how to do that. It should resolve the issue, but you will probably have to repeat it until they fix the bug.
Thank you for this video. I'm curious which situations this works 'really' well and 'quite' well in and not also not so well. (I know you already mentioned a couple) What is it like in a restaurant/place with background noise, in an office at work, or just around the house? I'm also curious whether or not you have the occlusion effect. (The booming sound of your own voice being trapped inside the ear canal by the earbud) Thanks again!
It’s sometimes hit or miss. I can’t say definitively how they work in some environments. For example, in some restaurants, they work fine. In others, where there’s no means of preventing sound reverberation, they’re not so good. That’s common for most hearing aids. At home, in an office, a grocery store, a large retail location, and outdoors they work great (if there’s no wind). One major win for the AirPods Pro is in the mask culture we’re in. Word recognition is significantly higher with them. If I’m going out where masks are required, I’m wearing the AirPods Pro. Where I wouldn’t wear them is places with a lot of loud noise. Loud music, a large crowd, heavy equipment. If you need to hear someone in particular with very loud background noise, they won’t work. They will go into noise isolation mode and stay there until the noise is gone. The long and short of it is that they are more of a compliment to hearing aids rather than a complete replacement. I find myself switching between my AirPods Pro and my Eargo Neo Hifi based on what I’m doing. Although this is a major leap in the hearables market, they aren’t perfect. As for occlusion effect, it is slight. If you have a good seal, they don’t have much of an effect. When they become slightly unsealed, you will notice it more.
@@KadoReviews Very interesting. Thanks so much for the detailed response. One last question: Did you run into any issues where people thought you were ignoring them/listening to music because you had earbuds in?
Great question! People don’t really pay attention to them. However, you can absolutely ignore people without consequence! Pushy salespeople and panhandlers won’t bother you. They assume you’re listening to music which is great. Others are a little more adamant about getting your attention. Once they understand that you can hear them clearly, they don’t really react to you wearing them. Where they might cause an issue is if you walked into a meeting wearing them. You might want to let people know you’re wearing them as hearing aids. Everyone I’ve told has been exceedingly receptive to it. They all think it’s really cool!
@@KadoReviews Super cool. Great to hear that they were received well by people after telling them. It's interesting how some people will not approach you because you have them in. I wonder in the long run whether this would be a problem, preventing serendipitous conversation. Or will we adapt the way we currently look at earbuds as something that blocks us from the outside world and instead see them as audio-transparent devices... Thanks again, super interesting vid!
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed the video. I think hearables are going to become a dominant force in the hearing industry over the next 5 years. People worried about the stigma of traditional hearing aids will gravitate towards this technology. Thus, I think it won’t have an overwhelming effect on serendipitous (love that word) conversations. Rather, it will lead to a real world understanding of hearing loss and how it effects people.
As someone with pretty bad hearing loss and hearing aids for both ears I have to say never ever think you can replace hearing aids with earphones... if you have hearing issues get hearing aids
I have moderate to severe hearing loss. 75% in one ear and 50% in the other. The point of this video is a stop gap. It’s intended for those who may not be able to afford hearing aids, or need something situational. I use mine at night to stream audio mostly. I’ve also found that they gave me better word recognition when people are wearing masks than my hearing aids. Therefore, I would not discount them.
@@KadoReviews What an incredible response, my hearing is about the same as yours, I just think it's a bit of a gimic to sell it as a hearing aid, when really it's more of an amplifier, however the ability to tune media frequencies is a great move. I'll try my friends airpods sometime to compare to my hearing aids, but I just can't imagine the quality being even remotely close to an actual hearing aid.
It’s not a gimmick at all. With the deregulation of DTC hearing aids, the AirPods Pro can actually work as hearing aids. The video you watched was my experience as a person with hearing loss using them. What you haven’t seen is my video showing how to convert them into hearing aids. There is a process. You use an app called Mimi to do a hearing test. It is the same app white labeled by DTC hearing aid companies to generate an audiogram like you would get from an audiologist, and it’s highly accurate. I compared my Mimi results to my audiogram from my audiologist with my ENT and audiologist. They said it was almost identical. My ENT even stated she would recommend them to her patients as a secondary device, or if they couldn’t afford to be fitted for hearing aids. When I compare them to my hearing aids, they are pretty close. The hearing aids are slightly better. However, the AirPods Pro do a lot of things. For example, if noise is at a certain decibel range, they will automatically lower sound to protect your hearing. They also stream audio of course, but you can hear people speaking to you around you while you are listening to something else. Also, if you use Siri for things, you don’t have to do anything but say, “Hey Siri.” Also, phone calls are much more clear. As for borrowing your friend’s to try them out, I would discourage against that. ENTs and audiologist do not recommend putting something in your ear that has been in someone else’s. If you want to try them, I encourage you to buy a pair and use the Mimi app as I instruct in another video. If you don’t feel it works for you, you can return them. However, I highly doubt you will. Just purchase them where there’s a clear return policy. I hope this helps.
Can you increase the volume of the transparency mode? I asked a friend who had a pair and he said he couldn’t. I am thinking about buying a pair but would want that feature as I frequently increase the volume of my hearing aides. Thanks
Yes, you can tune them to your hearing and boost the volume. I have a video that is instructions on how to do it called, “turn AirPods Pro into hearing aids- sep by step instructions.” If you buy a pair of AirPods Pro, you’ll have to update the firmware on them. Basically to do that, charge them up to 100%, pair them to your iPhone, put them in for a few minutes and listen to music, and then put them in their case. Make sure the case and phone are charging while you do this and in about 15 minutes, the firmware will update. You can’t force the update. You just have to let them do it on their own. Make sure the AirPods Pro case is closed when doing this!
I have thought about that. I don’t know that there is anything that would stop you from doing it. You just have to remember which ones go to which case so that they can update properly.
Please see my video on how to turn AirPods Pro into hearing aids. You don’t use the iPhone as a microphone. Rather, you use the built in microphones on the AirPods Pro.
I just recently bought an InstaMic Pro Stereo. Sound quality should be better. I also upgraded to an M1 Mac Mini for editing. Please see the updated version of this video as well. ruclips.net/video/UAtMtupWvvA/видео.html
PLEASE GO TO MY ENHANCED AUDIO VERSION OF THIS VIDEO ON MY CHANNEL.
? What channel?
PLEASE WATCH THE ENHANCED AUDIO VERSION OF THIS VIDEO ON MY CHANNEL. I gave up my hearing aids for a week to see if the Airpods Pro could replace them. Watch all the way through to find out what it's like, and whether you should buy them for yourself.
After watching the video, i really thought that i needed hearing aids but realized that the audio is just really low.
I boosted the audio because it’s hearing related. You might want to see an audiologist, or download the Mimi app and make sure you don’t have a hearing loss. Rarely do people consider they have a hearing loss until they are faced with the reality of it.
Nice content in all seriousness but really man the audio is just low and it looks like you are using a lav mic but it sounds like you are using the built-in camera mic.
I attempted to boost the sound levels in all of my videos to at least 230%. Granted, I DO have hearing loss, so my barometer is most likely off.
I did discover that my lav mic wasn’t working when I thought it was. I don’t know if that has happened in all of my videos or not. However, I did buy a new mic that I will be using in videos moving forwards. I also bought new editing software so that I can see audio levels better. What is strange though is that I have had to turn down the volume on my TV when viewing my videos on RUclips. Therefore, I thought that the audio levels were actually ABOVE normal videos considering my content is geared towards people with hearing losses. Regardless, I would still be interested in your audiogram!
Thank you for the tip. I have an Instamic now, and will be using it moving forward while shooting in Filmic Pro and editing in LumaFusion. I also have a new Mac Mini M1 (finally replaced my old one), and I will be editing on it. Both Filimic Pro and LumaFusion have better abilities with regards to audio.
I have 40 to 45 capacity in mini test. Health app recommend 85db volume for listening but i cant hear clear in my airpod pro so can I increase volume 90 to 100db without any issues?
40 to 45 percent capacity is in the moderate to sever loss range from my understanding. Have you been to an ENT to have your ears checked out, and an audiologist for testing? Your hearing might be past the point of using AirPods Pro. Also, did you tune the AirPods Pro to the audiogram?
I have Samsung Galaxy Plus & discovered when I put them on they are just like hearing aids. I do not have to turn anything on, press any buttons, play music, etc. as they work without needing any further tweaking from me. Do the iPod pros behave the same way, you put them on and they immediately amplify? I need to get another pair of ear buds and I am not sure if I should get Galaxy Pros or iPod Pros. The only issue I have with my Galaxy Plus is ear fatigue and I wish they were a tad louder. Thank you for any response, I appreciated your video!
If you have very mild hearing loss, perhaps it would be the same. I haven't used the Samsung product. What I can say is that Apple has put a lot of money into development for hearing and eyesight. If you buy the AirPods Pro, I'd recommend having a friend let you borrow their iPhone to configure them into hearing aids. Then disconnect them from their phone, and pair with yours if you are using Android.
very interesting! thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Great video. What hearing aids were you wearing before? And if the airpods had, say, 12h battery life, would you consider swapping them for your traditional hearing aids entirely?
I have Eargo Max, Neo, and now Neo Hifi. Both hearing aids and AirPods Pro have their pros and cons. Honestly, I would tell everyone if they could afford it to have both. I love the AirPods Pro because I can hear, take calls easily, give Siri commands, and stream audio. However, they won’t work in wind, loud environments like restaurants, and when you need to be discreet. That’s where hearing aids win. So having both would be great. I’ll be doing a future video on hearables vs hearing aids that should cover everything!
You are better off getting the Nuheara IQ buds which can do the same job and they are better hearing devices. Because unlike AirPods they are designed for hearing.
I had the Nuheara product IQ buds, and I returned them. For some reason, they increased my tinnitus. They also don’t connect to more than one device at a time. I spend a lot of time on my iPad Pro and my iPhone where the AirPods Pro automatically switch between iPhone, iPad Pro, iPad Mini, Apple TV, and M1 Mac Mini.
I think Nuheara is doing great things, and if I was a single device user, or had an Android as a primary device, I would consider them. However, the Olive Pro has them beat in battery life and form factor. There’s also another company coming to market with a hearable that might be even better in battery life and supposedly audio quality.
Which company is that? Have they brought out their device yet?
Thanks for the video and all the time you have spent responding to people. The Q&A has been really helpful to read.
@@nowthenad3286 They have been around for sometime they have a few products on the market. A few years ago I came across Nuheara IQ buds on a channel I think it was unbox therapy in that review I watched Lew who was talking about how these give the impression of superhearing I started researching the company and discovered that these are hearing aids which can also be used as headphones.
I wear hearing aids in both ears. I would say that my better ear has mild - moderate hearing loss the other ear has severe hearing loss. Mimi can't calculate my results, presumably because I can't hear many of the sounds it sends to my weaker ear. Are you aware of another app or method that will yield better results. I bought the AirPod Pros because often one or both of my hearing aids did not Bluetooth connect to whatever device I'm trying to listen to. I find that I hear slightly better with my connected hearing aids when listening to RUclipss on my laptop, but the AirPods are okay. I generally listen to TV with my hearing aids, not bluetooth connected. I found the sound quality unacceptable with AirPods connected to Apple TV. Speech is muffled. Lastly, the AirPod Pros are pretty good as hearing aids, but not as good as my hearing aids.
Try this app if you have the wired apple earbuds. I think it’s better for moderate/severe hearing loss than Mimi. apps.apple.com/us/app/jacoti-hearing-center/id1001095418
Is the quality of the sound of the airpods better than your hearing aids?
That is entirely a subjective question. I have moderate/severe hearing loss. Therefore, my hearing aids are far superior for overall hearing. However, there is no other way I can listen to music or podcasts that is matched by the AirPods Pro. Are the excellent hearing aids in my case? No. Do they function adequately enough for me to function in day to day life? Yes. I think Apple doesn't want to wander over the regulatory line just yet. My presumption is that they will in the future, but not now. Thus, they can safely compensate for mild to moderate hearing loss without having to go through a regulatory process to be classified as hearing aids.
Great review as always! I have a peculiar question, I noticed that in cold weather where temperatures are 40 and lower the transparency mode, the AirPods Pro as hearings that I am using do not work well. I have to pull the AirPods pro to communicate with people. Why is that? Thanks!
Thank you! I don't think it's weather related. The latest push to iOS 15.2 has caused problems. I'm on iOS 15.3 beta 1, and it's still not resolved. You need to go back through the setup process. I have another video on how to do that. It should resolve the issue, but you will probably have to repeat it until they fix the bug.
This video helped me - thank you.
Glad it helped you!
Thank you for this video. I'm curious which situations this works 'really' well and 'quite' well in and not also not so well. (I know you already mentioned a couple) What is it like in a restaurant/place with background noise, in an office at work, or just around the house?
I'm also curious whether or not you have the occlusion effect. (The booming sound of your own voice being trapped inside the ear canal by the earbud)
Thanks again!
It’s sometimes hit or miss. I can’t say definitively how they work in some environments. For example, in some restaurants, they work fine. In others, where there’s no means of preventing sound reverberation, they’re not so good. That’s common for most hearing aids. At home, in an office, a grocery store, a large retail location, and outdoors they work great (if there’s no wind).
One major win for the AirPods Pro is in the mask culture we’re in. Word recognition is significantly higher with them. If I’m going out where masks are required, I’m wearing the AirPods Pro.
Where I wouldn’t wear them is places with a lot of loud noise. Loud music, a large crowd, heavy equipment. If you need to hear someone in particular with very loud background noise, they won’t work. They will go into noise isolation mode and stay there until the noise is gone.
The long and short of it is that they are more of a compliment to hearing aids rather than a complete replacement. I find myself switching between my AirPods Pro and my Eargo Neo Hifi based on what I’m doing. Although this is a major leap in the hearables market, they aren’t perfect.
As for occlusion effect, it is slight. If you have a good seal, they don’t have much of an effect. When they become slightly unsealed, you will notice it more.
@@KadoReviews Very interesting. Thanks so much for the detailed response.
One last question: Did you run into any issues where people thought you were ignoring them/listening to music because you had earbuds in?
Great question! People don’t really pay attention to them. However, you can absolutely ignore people without consequence! Pushy salespeople and panhandlers won’t bother you. They assume you’re listening to music which is great. Others are a little more adamant about getting your attention. Once they understand that you can hear them clearly, they don’t really react to you wearing them. Where they might cause an issue is if you walked into a meeting wearing them. You might want to let people know you’re wearing them as hearing aids. Everyone I’ve told has been exceedingly receptive to it. They all think it’s really cool!
@@KadoReviews Super cool. Great to hear that they were received well by people after telling them. It's interesting how some people will not approach you because you have them in. I wonder in the long run whether this would be a problem, preventing serendipitous conversation. Or will we adapt the way we currently look at earbuds as something that blocks us from the outside world and instead see them as audio-transparent devices...
Thanks again, super interesting vid!
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed the video. I think hearables are going to become a dominant force in the hearing industry over the next 5 years. People worried about the stigma of traditional hearing aids will gravitate towards this technology. Thus, I think it won’t have an overwhelming effect on serendipitous (love that word) conversations. Rather, it will lead to a real world understanding of hearing loss and how it effects people.
As someone with pretty bad hearing loss and hearing aids for both ears I have to say never ever think you can replace hearing aids with earphones... if you have hearing issues get hearing aids
I have moderate to severe hearing loss. 75% in one ear and 50% in the other. The point of this video is a stop gap. It’s intended for those who may not be able to afford hearing aids, or need something situational. I use mine at night to stream audio mostly. I’ve also found that they gave me better word recognition when people are wearing masks than my hearing aids. Therefore, I would not discount them.
@@KadoReviews What an incredible response, my hearing is about the same as yours, I just think it's a bit of a gimic to sell it as a hearing aid, when really it's more of an amplifier, however the ability to tune media frequencies is a great move. I'll try my friends airpods sometime to compare to my hearing aids, but I just can't imagine the quality being even remotely close to an actual hearing aid.
It’s not a gimmick at all. With the deregulation of DTC hearing aids, the AirPods Pro can actually work as hearing aids. The video you watched was my experience as a person with hearing loss using them. What you haven’t seen is my video showing how to convert them into hearing aids. There is a process. You use an app called Mimi to do a hearing test. It is the same app white labeled by DTC hearing aid companies to generate an audiogram like you would get from an audiologist, and it’s highly accurate. I compared my Mimi results to my audiogram from my audiologist with my ENT and audiologist. They said it was almost identical. My ENT even stated she would recommend them to her patients as a secondary device, or if they couldn’t afford to be fitted for hearing aids.
When I compare them to my hearing aids, they are pretty close. The hearing aids are slightly better. However, the AirPods Pro do a lot of things. For example, if noise is at a certain decibel range, they will automatically lower sound to protect your hearing. They also stream audio of course, but you can hear people speaking to you around you while you are listening to something else. Also, if you use Siri for things, you don’t have to do anything but say, “Hey Siri.” Also, phone calls are much more clear.
As for borrowing your friend’s to try them out, I would discourage against that. ENTs and audiologist do not recommend putting something in your ear that has been in someone else’s. If you want to try them, I encourage you to buy a pair and use the Mimi app as I instruct in another video. If you don’t feel it works for you, you can return them. However, I highly doubt you will. Just purchase them where there’s a clear return policy. I hope this helps.
Great info. Thanks.
My pleasure.
Thanks for the review - cheers
My pleasure.
Can you increase the volume of the transparency mode? I asked a friend who had a pair and he said he couldn’t. I am thinking about buying a pair but would want that feature as I frequently increase the volume of my hearing aides. Thanks
Yes, you can tune them to your hearing and boost the volume. I have a video that is instructions on how to do it called, “turn AirPods Pro into hearing aids- sep by step instructions.” If you buy a pair of AirPods Pro, you’ll have to update the firmware on them. Basically to do that, charge them up to 100%, pair them to your iPhone, put them in for a few minutes and listen to music, and then put them in their case. Make sure the case and phone are charging while you do this and in about 15 minutes, the firmware will update. You can’t force the update. You just have to let them do it on their own. Make sure the AirPods Pro case is closed when doing this!
Could you bring one case to swap the dead ones into while using the charged set?
I have thought about that. I don’t know that there is anything that would stop you from doing it. You just have to remember which ones go to which case so that they can update properly.
What’s the point when you got to use your phone as the microphone
Please see my video on how to turn AirPods Pro into hearing aids. You don’t use the iPhone as a microphone. Rather, you use the built in microphones on the AirPods Pro.
Improve ur speech sound with a rode microphone
I just recently bought an InstaMic Pro Stereo. Sound quality should be better. I also upgraded to an M1 Mac Mini for editing. Please see the updated version of this video as well. ruclips.net/video/UAtMtupWvvA/видео.html
Mimi does not work
Go to my video on how to turn AirPods Pro into hearing aids, and follow the instructions.
Man kinda hard to hear you you sound far away
Yeah, I apologize for that. Please see the enhanced audio version on my channel.