Why are hearing devices not showing in Accessibility on MacBook ?

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Rick6548 Author

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Why are hearing devices not showing in Accessibility on MacBook ?

hearing devices not shown in accessibilty on macbook air m1 tahoe 26

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.1

Posted on Nov 22, 2025 7:53 AM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Nov 22, 2025 4:14 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

At the bottom of that article are the hardware requirements for Macs to talk directly to MFI hearing aids.

I don't think your MacBook makes the [surprisingly recent] Cut:

MacBook Pro introduced in 2021 or later using macOS Sonoma 14 or later
MacBook Air introduced in 2022 or later using macOS Sonoma 14 or later

Older Macs may require a TV streamer device, such as the GN Resound TV streamer 2

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Answer 2

Nov 22, 2025 12:50 PM in response to Rick6548

Are these MFI (made for iPhone) hearing devices?

What make and model hearing devices?

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Answer 3

Nov 22, 2025 4:00 PM in response to Rick6548

are those MFI hearing aids? this is the official list:

List of Made for iPhone hearing devices - Apple Support

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Rick6548 Author

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Nov 22, 2025 3:36 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Yes. Oticon Real 1 minirite. I can pair them with my iPhone 13 mini. I turned off iPhone bluetooth. Turn on macbook bluetooth. Disconnect mouse. turn on hearing aides. Bluetooth can not find hearing aides. Open settings>accessibility> I see vision, hearing, motor, speech, general. no hearing device shown. Open hearing>audio. Message at top "The settings for hearing device are not availible". Thinking my macbook does not support Oticon Real 1 device.

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Nov 23, 2025 8:05 AM in response to Rick6548

TV streamer 2 -- about 3 inches tall

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