Adjust audio settings on iPad

You can use mono audio, adjust left-right stereo balance, and—with supported headphones—amplify soft sounds and adjust certain frequencies to best suit your hearing needs. You can also use data from an audiogram to improve the accuracy and sound quality of your headphones.

Balance the audio

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual.
Adjust any of the following:
- Mono Audio: Turn on Mono Audio to make the left and right speakers play the same content.
- Stereo Audio Balance: Drag the Balance slider left or right.

Adjust frequencies, tone, and amplification

With supported Apple and Beats headphones, you can amplify soft sounds and adjust certain frequencies to best suit your hearing. These adjustments help music, movies, phone calls, and podcasts sound crisper and clearer.

Make sure you’re in a quiet environment and that you’ve paired your AirPods, paired other supported Bluetooth® headphones, or connected your EarPods.
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Headphone Accommodations, then turn on Headphone Accommodations.
Tap Custom Audio Setup, then follow the onscreen instructions. Or manually set any of the following:
- Frequencies: Below Tune Audio For, choose an option to boost different frequencies.
- Soft sounds: Drag the slider to set the amplification level.
Scroll down, then do any of the following:
- Turn on Phone to apply the settings to phone calls.
- Turn on Media to apply the settings to media playback like music, movies, and podcasts.

Tip: Quickly access Headphone Accommodations by tapping in Control Center. (If you don’t see , add it to Control Center—go to Settings > Control Center, then tap next to Hearing.)

For information about applying Headphone Accommodations settings to Transparency Mode and Conversation Boost when using AirPods Pro and iPad, see Customize Transparency mode for AirPods Pro in the AirPods User Guide.

Add an audiogram

You can use an audiogram to customize the audio settings on supported Apple and Beats headphones and improve their accuracy and sound quality.

Using pure-tone audio tests, audiograms display how loud sounds need to be in order for you to hear them.

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Headphone Accommodations.
Turn on Headphone Accommodations, then tap Custom Audio Setup.
Follow the onscreen instructions to add an audiogram. See Use audiogram data in Health on iPad.

If the audiogram results from both ears are nearly symmetric, both left and right outputs are fit with the average of their profiles. If they’re asymmetric, the outputs are fit for the better ear.

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iPad User Guide

Adjust audio settings on iPad

Balance the audio

Adjust frequencies, tone, and amplification

Add an audiogram