these could be the most overrated over-the-counter Hearing Aids on the market Apple recently announced their iOS 18 update that will turn your airpods Pro 2 into what they call clinical grade hearing aids included in this update is Apple's new hearing test feature that will allow you to test your hearing with the airpods Pro 2 and use those results to enhance the speech around you all that being said the hearing a feature is not new for apple as their airpods pro and airpods pro 2 have been able to amplify sound around you for several years now using transparency mode and when Apple says clinical grade hearing aids they actually mean over-the-counter hearing aids not prescription hearing aids unfortunately independent hearing test lab hear adviser ranks the airpods Pro 2 as the 34th out of 54 over-the-counter hearing aids and hearables tested to date with a sound score that places them in the bottom 25% of all Hearing Aids on the market so while a lot of people feel like these will be a GameChanger