Rec for (other) Bluetooth earbuds with "Conversation Booster" like features

[engineerscake]

Howdy Head-Fi forumers! I'm looking for a recommendation for wireless earbuds with "voice lift" features similar to what Apple markets as "Conversation Booster" in the AirPods Pro 2. In the research that I have done, many brands have offerings that boast noise cancellation and/or audio pass-thru. Some vaguely mention the ability to adjust between more ANC or more audio pass-though with a dedicated mobile app. From what I've seen, very few of the (other) brands even mention how or if any of their products support voice lift tech. I would hypothesize that this is a product vertical that could use some attention. I'm neither an Apple product hater nor fanboy... I just like to know what the options are.

I'm blessed and cursed with minor ASD and substantial ADHD which makes staying in conversations in an uncontrolled environment (outside), particularly difficult and conversations in noisey environments, near impossible. It's incrediby frustrating and disappointing for me to miss out and probably pretty annoying to the other people involved. There was an article in the New York Times recently about precisely this. The example they used was a noisey restaurant, a situation I can relate to. The only product they actually ended up using was the AirPods Pro 2 (of which the "conversation booster" feature was a moderate scuccess). The article did mention other brands that have voice lift funtionality like Sony, Samsung, Beyerdynamic and Soundcore... but no mention of models. Also no mention of manufacturers that are well known for in-call voice lift tech, like Sennheiser, Jabra and Poly(com) [now HP... unfortunately]

:::Shouts to the sky::: Show me options that make use of that sweet, sweet beamforming multi-microphone technology, high quality, well excecuted DSP and a reasonable driver compliment.

Thanks in advance for the consideration.

 

[dunring]

There's lots of choices for ear buds that have ambient mode or adjustable hearing aid modes. Apple are the most expensive, there's many other brands that have the feature. If you search for hearing aid ear buds there's Bose, Jlab, and many others these days. There's several reviews where they compare which ones have the best voice reception, not just boosting every sound. Human voices go from 250hz like Barry White could hit, up to 2450hz when Mariah Carey hits the whistle range singing. That's the max range to look for shopping for ambient mode or conversation mode amplification.

 

[GREQ]

I recently reviewed the EARFREE i5 from Roseselsa (Rose Technics).

It also has a passthrough setting which I thought worked quite well to isolate nearby speech, while reducing the background noise.
In the app however, you can only select it. There are no options to modify the levels or 'strength' of the filter.

I also can't speak to how it compares with the best or most expensive competitors, but it also has the benefit of being relatively affordable and actually sounding decent for the price, regarding musical performance.

 

[engineerscake]

There's lots of choices for ear buds that have ambient mode or adjustable hearing aid modes. Apple are the most expensive, there's many other brands that have the feature. If you search for hearing aid ear buds there's Bose, Jlab, and many others these days. There's several reviews where they compare which ones have the best voice reception, not just boosting every sound. Human voices go from 250hz like Barry White could hit, up to 2450hz when Mariah Carey hits the whistle range singing. That's the max range to look for shopping for ambient mode or conversation mode amplification.

@dunring Thank you. Can you additionally recommend review outlets that you trust?
I would never have considered that a hearing aid could (in part) quell my neurospiceiness.

I recently reviewed the EARFREE i5 from Roseselsa (Rose Technics).

It also has a passthrough setting which I thought worked quite well to isolate nearby speech, while reducing the background noise.
In the app however, you can only select it. There are no options to modify the levels or 'strength' of the filter.

I also can't speak to how it compares with the best or most expensive competitors, but it also has the benefit of being relatively affordable and actually sounding decent for the price, regarding musical performance.

@GREQ Awesome. I'll look into the EarFree i5. Thank you for the rec.