{"id":2783,"date":"2022-03-23T06:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T06:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearlife.com.ph\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2022-03-23T06:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T06:37:21","slug":"how-to-pair-your-hearing-aids-with-a-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/how-to-pair-your-hearing-aids-with-a-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO PAIR YOUR HEARING AIDS WITH A SMARTPHONE"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent years, we\u2019ve come to rely more and more on interconnected technologies that combine screens, communication capabilities, and the internet. We can watch video content\u2014a Netflix show, for example\u2014on three or four screens: our smartphone, computer, tablet, and television. And with the power of the internet, the experience is almost seamless, as we can pause on one device and resume at the same spot on another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Increasingly, we expect this sort of seamless experience with all of our technology-mediated interactions: listening to music, surfing the internet, watching a movie. And for individuals with hearing loss, hearing aids are a critical piece of the technology puzzle. For many people, if their hearing aids cannot connect with the other technologies we use and provide that seamless experience, they will either be not used or replaced.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, more and more hearing aids can provide this seamless experience, including the\u00a0<\/span>Widex 2.4 GHz-enabled Hearing Aids<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of all our devices, smartphones are likely the most important on a day-to-day, minute-to-minute basis. We use them for directions, to watch video, to listen to music, and to talk to our friends and family. To take advantage of all these uses for a smartphone, hearing aid wearers need to connect their hearing aids with their smartphone. With 2.4 GHz-enabled hearing aids, the most energy-efficient and reliable way to do so is to pair them using Bluetooth, which operates on the 2.4 GHz frequency band.<\/p>\n

How to pair hearing aids with a smartphone using Bluetooth<\/h2>\n

Naturally, there will be slight differences to this process depending on the specific hearing aid and smartphone you\u2019re using, but for 2.4 GHz-enabled hearing aids the process is fairly universal.<\/p>\n

1. Turn on Bluetooth on your smartphone. You can usually find it in the device\u00a0<\/span>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or even on its control menu.<\/p>\n

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2. On an iPhone, you will find hearing aids under\u00a0<\/span>Settings > Accessibility > Hearing Devices<\/strong>. On Android phones, you will find hearing aids by clicking into the\u00a0<\/span>Bluetooth\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>menu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. If your hearing aids aren\u2019t immediately visible, you may need to open and close their battery doors or use their recharger to turn them off and then on again.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0<\/span>Select your hearing aids\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>–<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>and they are now paired.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selecting what to stream to your hearing aids<\/h2>\n

Smartphones can stream a wide variety of audio to your hearing aids: phone calls, music, audio from videos you\u2019re watching, and even notification sounds and virtual keyboard clicks. You may want all these noises, or you might find them overwhelming. To ensure that you\u2019re hearing the sounds you want (and not hearing the sounds you don\u2019t), follow these steps:<\/p>\n