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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
What was your question about the AirPods 2 hearing aid feature? I can't give in depth science info, but my Mom is using them for hearing aids. When she can be persuaded that she needs them. "I can hear all the people at my retirement home just fine!" But Mom, *I* live here too, and you only hear 50% of what I'm saying. Plus I have to go IN with her to doctors now, to make sure she is getting all of what they say. She was sure the new drops weren't about glaucoma. They are.
But the AirPods seem to work when she uses them. When she hasn't mislaid them.
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I want to talk with someone who knows something about the feature. Local retailers can't even tell me if they'll work with my oldish iPhone, Telstra staff (biggest telco) didn't even know the feature existed. The Apple Store staff don't speak in sentences… most have pseudo North American accents & idiom grafted onto Aussie strine and banter.
My hearing loss is the result of a physical assault. Various agencies and myself have spent thousands on hearing aids… they're all useless. The only reason I have an iPhone is that I was told they'd be easier to manage from an iPhone… they're not, just another item of clutter.
But here's the rub. I can hear someone on the iPhone when I'm not wearing hearing aids far better than I can when I am wearing them! And, and, and… its significantly better that I have been able to hear on ANY other phone for almost 30 years… mobile or tethered to the POTS wires. Hence my interest in Airpods.
I'll probably buy some irrespective of what they say at the Genie Bar. But I'll need someone to set up them up for me… I don't get along with haptic interfaces. If they don't work for me, I'll add them to the rest of the junk.
BR