Airpods pro2 with my audio gram

I have the upgraded firmware, and imported the audiogram which, thankfully, my audiologist had set up in my phone a while back when my hearing aids were having issues. I don't even remember how I actually got the import to happen; the only thing i know is that my airpods are working as they did before iOS 18. In other words, I am able to use transparency mode to make them act as back-ups to my regular hearing aids. I haven't done much playing around with them yet, though. Today is actually the first day I'll be able to fully test drive the feature as I use the airpods as hearing aid replacements when I go to the gym with my mom. I'm not expecting any spectacular improvements or anything; am just thankful that things seem to be back to how they were when I initially purchased my airpods.

Before ios 18 I added my audiogram when I still was in need of hearing aid and I only remember that some fields were missing even after the audiologist having performed her own scan with my phone. Just in case somebody else had this issue :)

I read somewhere that the latest version of IOS has a hearing test buried somewhere in settings. You are supposed to apply the hearing test results in settings.accessibility>hearing(?) (maybe?), and that the test and software changes are professional level for correcting mild to moderate hearing loss. I'm sure you can google the instructions on the Apple web site.

Just to make people aware, the hearing test is a bit unusual in terms of how it is done relative to how it is done with a professional audiologist.

Here was my experience.

The hearing test plays a tone three times in a row. You are asked to double tab the screen if you hear the tone.

The first time I did this, I waited for the 3 tones to sound and then performed a double tap.

The results came back indicating that I had a profound hearing loss (which I do not).

The next time I did the test, I performed the double tap while the 3 tones were playing. This came back with a very different result and wound up making only a slight adjustment to how the Airpods played.

In summary, the bottom line seems to be that you need to perform the double tap while the tones are still playing and not wait for the 3 tones to finish before confirming that you heard them. This can be a bit tricky to do since the 3 tones play together fairly quickly and by the time you realize you are hearing them and the time to perform the double tap you might have missed it. I was on the edge of my seat trying to perform the double tap as quickly as possible. But it did finally work.

Hope this helps others get an accurate result from the test.

--Pete