Apple MD717LL/A, MD723LL/A Hearing aids, Subtitles and closed captions, Mono audio and balance

Hearing aids

If you have a Made for iPhone hearing aid, you can use iPod touch to adjust its settings to suit your listening needs.

Adjust hearing aid settings and view status. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Hearing Aids, or set the Accessibility Shortcut to open Hearing Aid Control. See Accessibility Shortcut on page 107.

For shortcut access from the Lock screen, turn on Settings > Accessibility > Hearing Aids > Control on Lock Screen. Use the settings to:

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Check hearing aid battery status.

Adjust ambient microphone volume and equalization.

Choose which hearing aids (left, right, or both) should receive streaming audio. Control Live Listen.

Use iPod touch as a remote microphone. You can use Live Listen to stream sound from the microphone in iPod touch to your hearing aids. This can help you hear better in some situations by positioning the iPod touch nearer the sound source. Triple-click the Home button, choose Hearing Aids, then tap Start Live Listen.

Stream audio to your hearing aids. Stream audio from iPod touch, Siri, Music, Videos and more by choosing your hearing aids from the AirPlay menu .

Subtitles and closed captions

The Videos app includes an Alternate Track button , which you can tap to choose subtitles and captions offered by the video you’re watching. Standard subtitles and captions are usually listed, but if you prefer special accessible captions, such as subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), you can set iPod touch to list them instead when they’re available.

Prefer accessible subtitles and closed captions for the hard of hearing in the list of available subtitles and captions. Turn on Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning > Closed Captions + SDH. This also turns on subtitles and captions in the Videos app.

Choose from available subtitles and captions. Tap while watching a video in Videos.

Customize your subtitles and captions. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Subtitles & Captioning > Style, where you can choose an existing caption style or create a new style based on your choice of:

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Font, size, and color Background color and opacity

Text opacity, edge style, and highlight

Not all videos include closed captions.

Mono audio and balance

Mono Audio combines the left and right stereo channels into a mono signal played on both channels. You can adjust the balance of the mono signal for greater volume on the right or left channel.

Turn Mono Audio on or off and adjust the balance. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Mono Audio.

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