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Apple AirPods Pro: Revolutionizing Hearing Support with Breakthrough Accessibility Features

Bora Erbaşoğlu
3 min readSep 16, 2024

Noise cancellation, transparency modes, and excellent audio quality have always been praised for Apple’s AirPods Pro. Nevertheless, Apple further advanced accessibility in consumer technology in 2024 by releasing a new suite of capabilities designed exclusively for the hearing-impaired community.

New Features Similar to Hearing Aids

With the addition of hearing aid capabilities, Apple’s most recent AirPods Pro are now more than just high-end wireless earbuds. For people with mild to moderate hearing loss, these qualities make the AirPods an excellent alternative to hearing aids.

Conversation Boost
Among the most notable improvements is Conversation Boost, a tool that focuses on amplifying the voice of the person in front of the user. This feature isolates and amplifies nearby voice, making conversations easier to hear in busy environments. This functionality makes listening more direct and clear by using beamforming microphones to target and raise speech while lowering background noise.

Adaptive Transparency Mode
Transparency Mode, which allowed outside noises to enter while wearing AirPods, has also been enhanced by Apple. This mode’s latest version adjusts in…

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Bora Erbaşoğlu
Bora Erbaşoğlu

Written by Bora Erbaşoğlu

Predictive Development Manager, AI Researcher, Python,React, React Native, PHP, Java Expert professionally since 1999. Open for consulting & dev projects

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