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# Hearing

A person may be deaf, have partial hearing loss, or have difficulty hearing
sounds within a certain range.

## Overview

People who are deaf or hard of hearing
can use Apple’s hearing accessibility features
to use hearing devices, enhance the sounds they hear, and filter out extraneous noises.
Design and develop your app to support hearing accessibility features and provide a great experience
for people who rely on these features.

![An illustration that shows a person in a home office with a chair, desk, mug, potted plant, and Mac. The person is wearing AirPods and communicating using sign language to another participant on a video call on their Mac.](images/com.apple.Accessibility/accessibility-scene-hearing@2x.png)

## Topics

### Supporting hearing accessibility features

[Hearing device support](/documentation/Accessibility/hearing-device-support)

Access information about paired hearing aid devices and streaming status.

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/MediaAccessibility/music-haptics>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/MediaAccessibility/captions>


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