Improve Hearing Accessibility on iPhone with Headphone Accommodations; Turn it on this way

Hearing Accessibility on iPhone allows users to amplify soft sounds and adjust certain frequencies for their hearing needs with the Headphone Accommodations feature. This feature works great if you’ve got AirPods. Turn it on this way.

Whether you’re listening to music, watching a film, or talking to a loved one, Headphone Accommodations lets you customize your audio to best suit your hearing needs. It can amplify soft sounds and adjust certain sound frequencies based on your individual preferences.  (Unsplash)

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1/5 Whether you’re listening to music, watching a film, or talking to a loved one, Headphone Accommodations lets you customize your audio to best suit your hearing needs. It can amplify soft sounds and adjust certain sound frequencies based on your individual preferences.  (Unsplash)

To turn Headphone Accommodations on your iPhone, go to Settings, Accessibility and Audio/Visual. Tap on Headphone Accommodations to turn it on. Then choose how you want to apply your custom audio settings.  (Unsplash)

2/5 To turn Headphone Accommodations on your iPhone, go to Settings, Accessibility and Audio/Visual. Tap on Headphone Accommodations to turn it on. Then choose how you want to apply your custom audio settings.  (Unsplash)

Turn on Phone to apply these settings to phone calls, FaceTime calls, and any third-party video call apps. Turn on Media to apply these settings to music, movies, podcasts, audiobooks, Siri, voicemail, and Live Listen.  (Pixabay)

3/5 Turn on Phone to apply these settings to phone calls, FaceTime calls, and any third-party video call apps. Turn on Media to apply these settings to music, movies, podcasts, audiobooks, Siri, voicemail, and Live Listen.  (Pixabay)

If you already have an audiogram, you can import it from a paper or a PDF. If not, you’ll walk through a series of listening tests that help you set up as many as nine unique profiles based on your personal sound preferences. You’ll listen to audio samples and choose which ones sound better to you. Then you can apply the custom settings suggested based on your choices.  (Unsplash)

4/5 If you already have an audiogram, you can import it from a paper or a PDF. If not, you’ll walk through a series of listening tests that help you set up as many as nine unique profiles based on your personal sound preferences. You’ll listen to audio samples and choose which ones sound better to you. Then you can apply the custom settings suggested based on your choices.  (Unsplash)

The Headphone Accommodations feature can be used with several Apple certified listening devices. The devices include AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation), AirPods (2nd and 3rd generation), AirPods Max, Apple EarPods (wired), Powerbeats, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Solo Pro and Beats Fit Pro.  (Unsplash)

5/5 The Headphone Accommodations feature can be used with several Apple certified listening devices. The devices include AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation), AirPods (2nd and 3rd generation), AirPods Max, Apple EarPods (wired), Powerbeats, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Solo Pro and Beats Fit Pro.  (Unsplash)