As of Dec. 18, the Apple AirPods Pro 2 are on sale at Best Buy for $189.99. This is $60 off their original price of $249.99. When it comes to travel, I always keep my AirPods Pro 2 earbuds with me. They're an absolute must to keep me busy with audiobooks,

So how good are the AirPods Pro 2 as OTC hearing aids? To find out, I looked at two key performance criteria: the accuracy of Apple’s software-driven hearing test, and their ability to provide speech enhancement.

Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 have some added hearing-aid capabilities. How well do they work in practice? I asked my grandmother, who is in her eighties, to try them for a week.