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Connect your hearing aids to an iPhone or iPad
Many hearing aids can play calls, music and videos straight from your iPhone or iPad. You set it up once in Settings.
This page is for you if
- Your hearing aids don't show up on the phone
- Calls and music don't play in your hearing aids
- They were connected and now they aren't
Good to know first
These steps are for hearing aids Made for iPhone (MFi). Your audiologist or the hearing aid box can tell you. Other hearing aids may pair like headphones in Settings, Bluetooth.
Do these steps
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Step 1: Update your iPhone or iPad
Apple says to install the latest update first. See how to update.
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Step 2: Put the hearing aids in pairing mode
Open and close the battery doors, or turn them off and on. If they're rechargeable, take them out of the charger.
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Step 3: Open Hearing Devices
Open Settings, tap Accessibility, then Hearing Devices.
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Step 4: Pair them
Tap Pair MFi Hearing Device, or tap your hearing aids' name when it shows up. Tap Pair. If you have two, pair both.
If they won't connect
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Step 1: Restart
Restart your iPhone or iPad. Put the hearing aids back in pairing mode.
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Step 2: Check the batteries
Charge the hearing aids or put in fresh batteries.
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Step 3: Unpair from other devices
If they're paired with another iPhone, iPad or Mac, unpair them there first.
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Step 4: Update the hearing aids
Your hearing aid maker's app may have an update for them.
Check it with the source
We wrote these steps from these official pages. If your screen looks different, the official page is always right.
- Apple: Use Made for iPhone hearing devices https://support.apple.com/en-us/108780
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