I have worn HAs for 40 years and will give my take. HAs are better, especially the new ones with AI built in. However, if you already own AirPods Pro, it's straightforward to take the test and give yourself a boost if needed. And it's an excellent way to introduce people to the idea of HAs, without breaking the bank. I've even used old pairs of them for my parents. Of course, battery life isn't sufficient for all-day use, but if you need it for a recital or one-on-one talks, and the like, it's the best bang for your buck on the market.

I dropped my Oticon Opn1 for Airpods Pro. I have moderate to severe hearing loss on one ear and struggle with conversations in noisy environments.

The Airpods are perfect for lowering the background noise and elevating the speech.

And since I use them anyway for music and podcasts, I don't have to remove my aid to listen to music and vice versa.

I tried them and I have moderate to severe hearing loss.

Interestingly, they work well for the realtime audio adjustments for music - but sadly not well enough for external speech.

I will keep trying them with every new software and hardware release though!

Someone I know does in fact use the m for that. I am not sure how serious they are about to though, it's their first hearing aid.