Use Made for iPhone hearing aids

To use the Made for iPhone hearing aids, you need one of these devices with iOS 7 or later:

• iPhone 4s and later
• iPad Pro
• iPad Air and later
• iPad (4th generation)
• iPad mini and later
• iPod touch (5th generation) and later

Find out which hearing aids are compatible with your iOS device.

When you pair a Made for iPhone hearing aid to your iOS device, audio from your iOS device goes to your hearing aid. If you turn off your hearing aid, you need to reconnect it when you want to use it with your iOS device again.

To pair your hearing aid, follow these steps:

1. Open your hearing aid's battery doors.
   
2. On your iOS device, tap Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing > MFi Hearing Devices.
   
3. If Bluetooth is off, turn it on under Devices.
4. Close your hearing aid's battery doors. Your iOS device will search for your hearing aid.
   
5. Under Devices, tap the name of your hearing aid.
6. Tap Pair when you see the pairing request on the screen. If you have two hearing aids, you'll get two requests. Pairing could take up to a minute.
   

You can use your iOS device to see your hearing aid's battery life, adjust the volume, turn on Live Listen, and more. To control your hearing aid, use Settings or the Accessibility Shortcut.

Set preferences for features that you control with your iOS device by going to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing. Then tap MFi Hearing Devices.

Play Ringtones
You can play ringtones through connected hearing devices.

Audio Routing
Choose the default device for audio playback.

Control Nearby Devices
Use your iOS device to adjust the settings of hearing aids that are on the same WiFi network and connected to your iCloud account.

Audio Handoff
Continue listening to media through your hearing aid when you switch between your iOS devices. For example, if your hearing aid is connected to your iPhone but you start watching a movie on your iPad, the hearing aid automatically switches to the iPad.

Control on Lock Screen
Quickly make preset and volume adjustments on your hearing aid right from the Lock Screen on your iOS device. Just triple click the Home button.

Learn more about compatibility with other hearing aids.