
Twenty seven-year-old Gillian Lavelle never knew what she was missing out on, sound-wise, due to genetic hearing loss.
“I would always take a backseat if I was out with a group of friends in a place like this,” Lavelle said, referring to the bustling Manhattan coffee shop I intentionally chose for our first real-world test of new hearing health features for AirPods Pro 2. “I’d have to wait until we were in a quieter location to actually have, you know, meaningful conversations.”