Mac - only M1 Pro and higher. Hearing aids - only with bidirectional communication. Hearing aid user - only with fat wallet.
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I’m just wondering. Is there anyone here who can unlock the Hearing Devices feature on Intel Mac? Perhaps editing kext files? It’s a shame that Apple is unceremoniously throwing us overboard. So we can take matters into our own hands.
If you’re as pissed off with Apple as I am for not supporting the same hearing aids on macOS that they do on iPhone/iPad please send them a product feedback form.
There’s really no reason why they can’t support hearing aids that don’t have bidirectional streaming. They work on iPhone and iPad so to have the Mac support a subset of devices is just ridiculous.
Send your feedback to Feedback - macOS - Apple
and select the accessibility category.
If enough people feedback they might do something about it. Thanks
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I too was always surprised that the Mac didn’t support hearing aids! Even the iPhone 4 could do this - but the Mac supposedly can do it only with an M2 processor! This is a ridiculous excuse.
Yay, I did it!
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No, it can’t, m2 also doesn’t support hearing aids with MFi
wrong, it actually does,
That’s interesting because my cochlear nucleus 8 and my hearing aid resound Enzo Q can’t connect with Mac mini m2 or my MacBook M1 Pro 14 
however connect with my iPhone works perfect via mfi 
It currently not possible because of missing bidirectional MFI protocol. I have resound / Cochlear and it is not working right now…
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Apple deceived us. Only certain computers with only certain processors and only certain hearing aids! Even when you bought right things - it turns out that the mouse and keyboard don’t work because Bluetooth protocol is busy with hearing aids!
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So CI processors are not supported with Sonoma.
Note no asterix after the product which means ok for iOS not for sonoma
Cochlear
- Baha 5
- Baha 5 Power
- Baha 5 SuperPower
- Kanso 2 Sound Processor
- Nucleus 7 Sound Processor
Cochlear Limited
- Kanso 2 Sound Processor
- Nucleus 7 Sound Processor
It is interesting only 3 resound products make the Sonoma grade - given the same chip I am really curious why the oversight.
There is a very small proportion of Sonoma supported devices so we have to be loud and proud!
I strongly suggest we all CI recipients provide very strong feedback to Apple that this is unacceptable and a very much desired feature for we very, very deaf people.
Choose your device as I did, my MacBook Pro and offer a very strong feature request for Sonoma. What is the point of not supporting devices only provided to severely impaired people?
Ensure you remind them of the huge demand in the CI community.
I have 2 both cochlear nucleus 7.
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I have had trouble finding the list for my rig: Macbookpro 2021 M1Max chip. Apple say “some HA’s with M1 Max chip” I got it to work once. Seems buggy, but I did get it working. I probably need to do use it more so I am more familiar with the process.
Have found the handoff between iPhone and Mac to sometimes be less than graceful. For example, if I start audio on the Mac without first pairing with the iPhone, that works fine. Then, starting audio on the iPhone gets switched to fine. However, if I then switch to audio on the Mac, I have to manually select the HAs as the Mac’s speakers are used instead.
There are numerous variations of this switching sequence, and I haven’t tested any of them rigorously. I’m posting this as just a note to take notice.
This lack of perfect switching between devices is, for me, a quality-of-life level of issue compared to just having them work at all. Usually, software or hardware updates improve matters over time. I know HA hardware costs are steep and bring up difficult feelings, so while it’s easy to type “…hardware updates improve matters.” the reality of doing that takes something!
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No joy yet for me. I have Oticon More 1 (firmware 1.4.3). I have a 2021 MacBook Pro (M1 Pro chip) which is on the supported list. Running macOS Sonoma 14.0
When I go to Settings->Accessibility->Hearing Devices, my HAs will sometimes show up under Available Devices but the asterisk on the same line keeps spinning and the Connect button is grayed out.
Any suggestions from someone who has been able to make this work?
Sonoma 14.1 dropped today. Wondering if that will improve things for anyone.
WH
Didn’t help me. Hearing Aids (More 1) show up in Available Devices, but Connect button is grayed out.
I solved this problem by purchasing Connectclip. No more wrong computers, no more wrong processors, no more wrong macOS.
Forget from your system and try pairing again. Your HA is supported. It can be fickle though.
@oxothuk, I just got the Reals after been a More user and if @user1218 suggestion does not work, do you have a Magic Mouse or a Magic Keyboard? I experienced the greyed out connect button and then turned of my Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard and could then connect the new Real’s.
Hope that helps…
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