Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have a hearing loss? Do you have a family member with hearing loss? The Hearing Loss Simulator allows you to choose a specific hearing loss configuration and then listen to sounds as though you have that particular hearing loss. The Hearing Loss Simulator contains pre-recorded common sounds and has the option to let you record your own voice for playback through the different hearing loss configurations. The Hearing Loss Simulator includes graphics to show where the common sounds, speech, and individual speech sounds are located for loudness and frequency.
Version history
1.3.1
2015-10-21
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Updated to support iOS 9
1.3
2014-10-27
Updated to provide additional language support and support for iOS 8.
1.2
2014-10-01
Updates for iOS 8 support.
1.1
2011-09-16
Now includes support for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian
1.0
2010-10-30
Download Hearing Loss Simulator on Android and iPhone for free
Have owned this app for just over a year now. I liked using it for educational purposes and planned to use it tomorrow for a demo and the sound is not working. I tried deleting it and re-installing but it hasn’t fixed the issue.
AGooch2,
App Won’t Open
I have used this app before on older generation IPads but it isn’t workin on my iPad Pro 5th generation.
Link654321,
No sound
Just purchased and it doesn’t work.
Ruidarr,
Lacking features
I think the configurations are some standard hearing losses. I would think a custom configuration that can be set by the user would be nice. I have a hearing loss, but the configurations set is not what I have now and I can not use this software to let my family members hear what I hear now.
Happyaper,
Excellent
Excellent tool that is meant for the professional hearing provider, but is available to the public. I love to use it at Heath fairs and help families understand what their loved ones go through...The teacher that gave a low rating prob needs to look in a teachers supply school curriculum catalog. I have a moderate to severe hearing loss and love this tool...u can also connect it to a projector for your class. in addition a lot has improved since 2012 ...today hearing aids can communicate with iPhones!
jeani2k,
Not for iPhone
I give 5 stars for the concept, 3 because I do see now that this is only compatible with iPad, but most apps can be used on the phone. I'm disappointed that it isn't iPhone compatible when Siri can even talk to you.
I'm a teacher of the deaf and often am trying to explain what it sounds like to be deaf because my students get accused of hearing instructions because they turned around in response to the person's voice. I need to show how they can 'hear' yet not comprehend.
j in california
kkgirl21,
Very nice, although
It meant a lot for me to be able to show my husband what it was like for me. There wasn't a precise one that matched my audiogram, but I just showed him a couple of the moderate ones and explained that it was probably a bit worse ("moderately severe"). It would be great if you could input your own audiogram results and use those!
CherylLO,
Very useful app
This is a great app for speech language therapists. Now I can more easily explain and demonstrate what hearing impaired students can and cannot hear to teachers and parents.
Mainland Mok,
OK
Needs a bit more work. Television and canned voices would speed the intuitiveness of the app.
JFR-19,
Not iPad Air or iOS 7 compatible
Can't select any of the audiogram items; they're inactive. When I press the "continue" arrow, the app crashes and exits. Probably not iPad Air or iOS 7 compatible.