I know this thread is older and just popped back up, but the Oticon Intent hearing aids are impressive. My dad went from barely being able to understand me, with his old hearing aids in, on the drive to the audiologist's office to being able to hear me whisper on the ride back. WARNING they are not cheap but WOW what a difference. While in the audiologist's office getting them fitted and level adjusted, she asked me to say something to my dad from across the room. I turned my head so he couldn't see my mouth moving and gently said "how do you like the new hearing aids?" He replied that they're pretty nice. No way he'd have heard me with his old ones in. And the biggest thing is, they weren't even tuned to their fullest capability because the audiologist said it would put his brain on overload with the news sounds he could hear.
If you're into gadgets, these play nicely with iPhone and Siri, have an app for adjustments, and feature a double tap to answer a call rather than using the phone. They are impressive.
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Originally Posted by greglepore
Apple's next gen airpods are going to have some self adjusting hearing aid functions.
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On this point, the airpod pro2's have hearing aid functionality along with a hearing test you can do at home which then automatically adjusts the airpods to your hearing test. I haven't been impressed so far but if you can keep them in custom transparency they work okay as a hearing aid. I haven't tried them in a crowded place.