AirPods Hearing Test not showing on iPhone

My understanding is that it will be available in iOS 18.1 (not iOS 18.0.1). iOS 18.1 should be officially published next week.

Hi, this exactly is the solution. Thanks for writing your entry.

Bought my Airpods Pro 2 on Amazon (Apple Store) and they didn't work.

Went to the Apple Store in person.

In order to update the Airpods firmware, you need to put them in their case, close it, then connect it to a charger.

Then, leave your iPhone nearby for around 20-30 minutes.

The update is silent; no notifications.

Next, once the Airpods show the firmware is 7Bxx (the xx is some number), restart your iPhone.

This fixed the problem for me.

Nope. Just load the Mimi hearing test app. If you want to set them up as hearing aids you can do that to. Just set them up with an iPad or iPhone running an older IOS than 18.1.

You access the settings by going to:

settings/accessibility/audio and visual/headphone accommodations

Mine have been working since September and this method has been available since September 2022. They work very well for me and I won’t be upgrading any time soon.

It works! Kind of. Updated my iPhone 13 to iOS 18.1 today and paired it with AirPod Pro 2 with 7B19 and took the hearing test and successfully set up with hearing aid settings.

As a $5,200 aids wearer for the past four years I think I’ll hang on to the pro level aid for a while longer. The AirPods do give me a Bluetooth connection to my phone now with controls to be able to participate in conversations at a boosted hearing level without a change of hearing device. And, there was an adjustment period with the pro aids as well so I need to give these time.

Upper Midwest, USA. My sympathies to my neighbors up north and around the globe.

Resetting the Location & Privacy on my iPad fixed the issue of the Hearing Health section not showing up in my AirPods settings. It also added the Take Hearing Test button to my Health->Hearing options.

Just had this issue with my dad. He has an iPhone 13 Pro. After upgrading to 18.1 and linking the AirPods Pro 2 there were no options to perform the hearing test. Only after a soft reboot of the iPhone did the option to do the hearing test finally appear and started the hearing test wizard. Good luck hope this works for you all.

This functionality is not yet available. Apple announced that it would be available Fall 2024.

Update: On this video posted by Apple, at the 1:35 mark they stated that the feature is only available in the US and Canada.

Paste this link into Safari:

x-apple-health://HearingAppPlugin.healthplugin/HearingTest

If you have a device that uses IOS 17.7.1 or older you can get them working as hearing aids through Headphone Accommodations. If you are on IOS 18, 18.01 or 18.1 there is no fix yet until your country approves their use.

Once their use is approved as long as your hearing is mild to moderate they will work. If your hearing loss is severe or worse, they won't.

I was just on a chat with Apple Support and they said the firmware for the AirPod Pro 2 needs to be 7B19. The new ones I got last week were still 6F8. So I have them back in the case and hopefully they will update to 7B19 and it will work.

The UK currently does not have the AirPods Hearing Health feature due to regulatory restrictions, meaning Apple needs additional approval from local health authorities before they can release this feature in the UK market, likely related to the classification of AirPods as a medical device for hearing assistance; this is particularly relevant for the "Hearing Aid" function on newer AirPods Pro models.

here

x-apple-health://HearingAppPlugin.healthplugin/HearingTest

copy that link and put it / paste it in safari in iphone...

Nope. They released them for 100 countries and Canada and the UK are not on the list.

I had to restart my phone and it finally worked. I purchased AirPods specifically for the hearing aid feature. Once I turn off my phone and then turn it back on, the hearing test was available.