Audien Atom Pro 2 (Rechargeable in-ear) review 2027

What problem does the Audien Atom Pro 2 solve?

The Atom Pro 2 is the cheapest pair in this test at $289, and it is an amplifier with hearing-aid styling rather than a device that adapts to your hearing. That distinction matters: in a quiet room, it makes TV and one-to-one conversation louder, and both of our testers found it helped with exactly those situations at home. It is small, simple, rechargeable and comes with a UV-cleaning case, and it is sold with 45-day returns. If your main difficulty is hearing the television or a person sitting across from you in a silent room, and your budget is very tight, that is the job it does. It is not built to sort speech from background noise, and our café measurement showed it.

How did it score in our tests?

We scored the Atom Pro 2 across five criteria for a total of 5.7 out of 10.

• Speech in noise — 12 out of 30. We measured QuickSIN signal-to-noise loss with the aids on in our recorded café at 65 dB, against unaided listening. The Atom Pro 2 delivered 0.9 dB of gain, which is barely better than unaided.
• Sound quality and fit — 11 out of 20. This covers own-voice naturalness, feedback, music and comfort over two weeks. Feedback whistle at higher volume held it back.
• Features — 8 out of 15. There is no Bluetooth streaming or calls, no self-fitting hearing test and no tinnitus support. You get rechargeable battery life and app controls.
• Support and trial — 8 out of 15. The trial runs 45 days and the warranty is one year, with no audiologist access and no personalisation.
• Value — 18 out of 20. At $289 per pair with no required service plan, this is where the Atom Pro 2 scores highest.

What does it do well?

The strengths are price, battery and simplicity. At $289 a pair it is rechargeable and ships with a UV-cleaning case, and the measured battery life is 24 hours — longer than every rival in this comparison. Both testers were helped by it for TV and one-to-one speech at home, which is the use case the device is aimed at. It is small and simple to live with, and the 45-day return window means you can test that quiet-room benefit yourself before committing. The 18 out of 20 value score reflects how little you pay for a working rechargeable pair.

What is it made of, and how does it fit?

The Atom Pro 2 is an in-the-ear OTC device for mild hearing loss. It is rechargeable with a 24-hour battery, and there is no Bluetooth streaming. Fitting is by preset programs with no personalisation, so there is no hearing test to match the output to your audiogram and no remote adjustment. The trial is 45 days and the warranty is one year. In practice that means four presets and a volume control rather than a prescription-style fit, which is why higher volume produced feedback whistle in our testing.

How does it compare with other hearing aids we tested?

Against the Jabra Enhance Select 500 at $1,995, which scored 8.7, the gap is in noise and support. The Jabra is a receiver-in-canal OTC aid with a 100-day trial, a 3-year warranty with loss and damage cover, and audiologists adjusting it remotely for three years; it also produced the best speech-in-noise result of any OTC pair in our test. The Atom Pro 2 has no fitting at all.

Against the Lexie B2 Plus Powered by Bose at $999, which scored 8.1, the Atom Pro 2 is cheaper and has a longer battery, 24 hours against 18 hours. The Lexie adds Bluetooth calling on iPhone, audio streaming on iPhone, free remote coaching by phone and a one-year warranty, with a 45-day trial matching the Audien.

Against the Eargo 7 at $2,699, which scored 7, the Atom Pro 2 is far cheaper and again has the longer battery, 24 hours against 16 hours. The Eargo is completely-in-canal, has a 2-year warranty with loss cover and lifetime remote support, but no Bluetooth streaming either.

Where does the Audien Atom Pro 2 fall short?

Speech in noise is the decisive weakness. A 0.9 dB gain in our recorded café at 65 dB is barely better than unaided, and that is the difference between the Atom Pro 2 and every other pair in this test. There is no fitting to your audiogram, only four presets, so the device cannot be shaped to your hearing loss. Feedback whistle appears at higher volume. There is no Bluetooth streaming or calls, no self-fitting hearing test and no tinnitus support, and support is limited to a 45-day trial and a one-year warranty with no audiologist access.

Is it good value?

At $289 per pair, the Atom Pro 2 is the cheapest usable pair here, and our value score of 18 out of 20 reflects that. Nothing else in this comparison comes close on price, and the rechargeable battery and UV-cleaning case are included rather than optional. The trade-off is that the money buys amplification, not noise processing or fitting. If you need help in restaurants, meetings or anywhere with background sound, the $289 does not buy that, and the higher-priced pairs above are the ones that measured better in noise.

Who should buy the Audien Atom Pro 2?

It suits quiet-room use on a very tight budget. If you want the television louder, or help following one-to-one conversation at home, and you are not willing or able to spend four figures, the Atom Pro 2 does that job for $289 with 45 days to return it. If your hearing difficulty shows up in noisy places, or you want a device matched to your audiogram, this is not the pair for you.