I really want to buy a pair of AirPods, but I’ve been hesitant to because hearing in my left ear is seemingly slowly fading away and I think it was partly because I use to wear EarBuds at max volume all of the time when I was a teen.
I know Apple has a headphone safety feature which limits the maximum dB they’re outputting; Even then I always feel super guilty that I might be damaging my hearing further whenever I use headphones in general. It’s already damn near impossible for me to hear someone talking if I’m eating for instance, or if some other noise is even remotely overshadowing what I’m trying to listen to. Never fails to bring me down:(
With noise cancellation I find I never have to crank up the volume above low-medium. This is great as I also try to avoid damaging my hearing more.
The iPhone also has a widget in the control center that displays the current decibel number that the AirPods are outputting. I never go above the “green zone”. The volume is tracked in the Health app where you can see all historic data.
Finally the iPhone has an accessibility function where you can use apps to create perform a sound test, and then generate a specific frequency curve for your phone (maybe boost some frequency that you struggle to hear or increase the volume on one side etc).
