Can AirPods Pro support a monaural hearing mode?

<< If the hearing from my deaf-ear EarPod was routed to my good ear, I could hear conversations from all around me. >>

That feature in traditional hearing Aids is sometimes called, "Hear Everyone".

It is considered a non-helpful throwback, because hearing-aid makers worked really hard to get you directional hearing of the speech from the direction you are facing, and filtering out everything else (the cafeteria effect) from every other direction. For many reasons, It is very difficult to provide BOTH 'Hear Everyone' AND filter out the "cafeteria effect".

My recommendation as a traditional hearing-aid user is to press to sit more strategically.

Make sure you are facing as many of most important parties in your group as possible. You may even need to INSIST on sitting at the head of the [rectangular] table, possibly even displacing an honored guest from that position. (They can be invited to sit on your strong [hearing] side). Get others to help you get situated so that you can hear. Don't be shy about asking to trade places with others to hear better.

Advocate for yourself!

Otherwise you will be quietly left out of the conversation because you can not hear as well as others. And you will slowly and subtly drift away from the group.

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