AirPods Hearing Test not showing on iPhone

I had the same problem. Multiple tries in very quiet environments with the same frustrating error message. I was able to use a free app called Mimi to do the hearing test. Then manually transfer the results into the hearing assistance software on the phone.

rasg wrote:

If you haven’t updated to OS 18, 18.01 or 18.1 yet you can still use them as hearing aids. They are not available the UK either on IOS 18.1.

No, you can't.

I am in the UK and I have been using them as hearing aids for over a month. They have worked since September 2022 when the Airpod Pro 2s were first launched. They work extremely well for me with my mild to moderate hearing loss.

The new Hearing Aid feature is not the same as Live Listen, which is what I suspect you've been using. The Hearing Aid function requires that your phone be updated to iOS 18.1. And it also hasn't been released in the U.K.

If you have updated to IOS 18 of any flavour it may be possible to roll back to IOS 17.7 if you have a backup on iCloud or on your computer but it's better if you haven’t made the update.

Downgrading is not supported and never has been.

I am running 17.7.1 and I won't be updating any time soon because i love my Airpods.

You will not lose Live Listen if you update your iPhone.

I just wanted to post in reply to the original post. Feature*was not* working in 18.2 but has been fixed & is outstanding. You can take the Hearing Test and turn on the feature, or just turn it on and calibrate it yourself. An amazing feature for people with very minor hearing loss like myself, who is relatively young and& not prone to buy a full-fledged hearing aid. (AirPod Pro 2-BKLYN, NY)

On the 23rd of December it was reported by Trevor Long for Nine News that the Australian TGA had approved the use of Apple's hearing aid function in their AirPods Pro 2. "An Apple spokesperson told 9News, "Receiving product approval from the TGA on our Hearing Test and Hearing Aid features on AirPods Pro 2 is an important first step toward making these features available in Australia. We are working through the other necessary steps to make these experiences available as soon as possible."I am guessing that an upgrade will be issued when Apple has done whatever they need to do to make this available to users in Australia.

D.Engel wrote:

Health Canada has granted approval as of December 2024 but Apple still claims regulatory issues. Why hasn’t Apple released this in Canada?

No one here in this user-to-user forum would know the answer to that question. You should let Apple know your concerns:

Product Feedback - Apple

When Apple announced back in November that they had obtained the approval of Therapeutic Goods Association, Apple said its an “important first step toward making these features available in Australia.”

Evidently, there are other approvals that still need to be obtained. In fact the actual approval was not officially made by TGA until December 17th.

If this is an important feature, which it certainly sounds like, have you asked your elected officials what the holdup is?

The hearing test will show up if:

1. You wear AirpodsPro
2. Update to the iOS18.1
3. In the settings, select Headphone Accommodation then Custom Audio Seta Up

Hey there,

You can try changing your region on device and take the test. This would only be recommended if you really need it.

I hope this helps!

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

Same here. I cannot find the hearing test in settings or in the health app. Only option I find is to be able to take a photo of a previous audiogram or manually put in the information. Found a professional audiogram from January 2022 and took a photo of it and it input it.

My 13PM is on 18.1 and my AirPods Pro 2 Lightning is on 7B19 and the option is not showing.

The only possible reason that I can think of is that the feature is not yet available in all regions, as stated here on the 7B19 release notes.

The only way you will them to work is to roll back your iPhone to pre IOS 18. I don't think that's possible from what I have read but maybe you can try a different iPhone that is running IOS 17.7 or earlier. I have been using the Airpods as hearing aids for over a month now but it's been available since 2022 without the latest restrictions.

If you haven’t updated to OS 18, 18.01 or 18.1 yet you can still use them as hearing aids. They are not available the UK either on IOS 18.1.

I am in the UK and I have been using them as hearing aids for over a month. They have worked since September 2022 when the Airpod Pro 2s were first launched. They work extremely well for me with my mild to moderate hearing loss.

If you have updated to IOS 18 of any flavour it may be possible to roll back to IOS 17.7 if you have a backup on iCloud or on your computer but it's better if you haven’t made the update.

I am running 17.7.1 and I won't be updating any time soon because i love my Airpods.

rasg wrote:

Airpod Pro 2s have been available to use as hearing aids since September 2022 when they were released but Apple kept quiet about but probably gleaned a massive amount of data at the same time. There are many videos on YouTube explaining how to set them up as hearing aids and five weeks ago I did exactly that.

Please link to one.

I have been using them using the Audiogram from my local Costco Hearing Centre but I also used the Mimi app for a couple of tests before the Audiologist sent it to me and they work REALLY well for me and I have spent a LOT of time getting to know them. How they work. Amount of noise cancelling that suits me etc and I now use Adaptive Mode for most things that I do.

Noise canceling and Adaptive mode are not the same as having the AirPods function as hearing aids.

use this link

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

does anybody know how to remove the audiogram ? currently i am having 4 audiogram and would like to remove 3 of them and using the hearing test hack ones...

so anybody figure out how to force use/hack the airpods pro 2 to use as hearing aids...?