> It's a matter of breaking down the components themselves, the quality, the processing, the amplifier, etc -- and miniaturizing it.
The quality of the amplifier shouldn't matter much here. I'm confident that Apple has the capability to make amps with equally low distortion to commercial hearing aid providers, and those shouldn't be expensive at the small amounts of power we're talking about for an in-ear device.
As for processing, Apple is capable of making software that's just as good as commercial providers, and probably capable of making in-device signal processing chips which are even better. Their H2 chip is built on a 7nm node process, and it's probably capable of quite a lot of processing for that form factor.
When we talk about "the quality", that's quite vague. What specifically is better?
> Also, real hearing aids generally have about 2x as many microphones and speakers.
I just looked up some spec sheets and I didn't see any that had more than 2 mics per ear. In contract, the AirPods Pro 2 actually have 3 per ear.
> Just look up the spec sheet and validate if you don't believe what I am saying.
Again, I don't see anything that confirms what you're saying. I see lots of features that the AirPods don't have (ex: telecoil) but I don't see anything which suggests to me that they can achieve better hearing correction or better audio quality per se.
I'm still open minded if you want to find some specific references that disagree here.
The quality of the amplifier shouldn't matter much here. I'm confident that Apple has the capability to make amps with equally low distortion to commercial hearing aid providers, and those shouldn't be expensive at the small amounts of power we're talking about for an in-ear device.
As for processing, Apple is capable of making software that's just as good as commercial providers, and probably capable of making in-device signal processing chips which are even better. Their H2 chip is built on a 7nm node process, and it's probably capable of quite a lot of processing for that form factor.
When we talk about "the quality", that's quite vague. What specifically is better?
> Also, real hearing aids generally have about 2x as many microphones and speakers.
I just looked up some spec sheets and I didn't see any that had more than 2 mics per ear. In contract, the AirPods Pro 2 actually have 3 per ear.
See this, for example: https://www.atlantichearingcare.com/unitron-hearing-aids/#:~....
> Just look up the spec sheet and validate if you don't believe what I am saying.
Again, I don't see anything that confirms what you're saying. I see lots of features that the AirPods don't have (ex: telecoil) but I don't see anything which suggests to me that they can achieve better hearing correction or better audio quality per se.
I'm still open minded if you want to find some specific references that disagree here.