How to Connect Hearing Aids to iPhone
Once you ensure your iPhone and your hearing aid are compatible, connecting your hearing aid is as easy as connecting any other Bluetooth device to your iPhone, which means it only takes a few seconds and a couple of taps.
First, make sure Bluetooth on your iPhone is turned on. On your iPhone, navigate to Settings > Accessibility > Hearing, and then select Hearing Devices. Open the battery doors on your hearing aid, and then close them. This will put your hearing aid into pairing mode while your iPhone searches for it. Your hearing aid will appear under the MFI Hearing Devices heading. When it does, tap your device, and then select Pair. If you use two aids, i. e. , one for the left ear and one for the right ear, they will appear individually, and both will need to be selected and paired. Both will also need to be first entered into pairing mode as described above. Pairing can take up to a whole minute, and you’ll need to pair both devices, so this can take a few minutes. Once paired, you can begin using your hearing aid as normal.
Troubleshooting Problems Connecting Hearing Aids to iPhone
Not all hearing aids are built to be compatible with iPhones. And it’s important to not just make sure your hearing aids are compatible with iPhone, but that you have an iOS device that supports hearing aids, too.
Triple-check everything is compatible if you’re having problems, first.
If you have an iPhone-compatible hearing aid, but it’s not an MFI hearing aid, you may have to consult your hearing aid’s manual to find out how to put your device into pairing mode.
Second, it’s important to remember while most, if not all, hearing aids use Bluetooth to connect to iPhone, Made for iPhone hearing aids are not connected in the traditional Bluetooth menu on iPhone and instead connect through the Hearing menu.
Make sure you’re in the right place when trying to connect your hearing aid.
