IOS 27 changed speaker/hearing aid settings

Wow, that is completely unexpected and buried where I certainly would not think to look for it:

Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Audio > Auto-select Speaker in Call [ ON/OFF ]

the captions says:

"During Audio calls, automatically switch to the speaker when not holding the iPhone to your ear."

I have never even looked at VoiceOver submenu, and this feature was ON by default. Turning mine off now.

(Yes, I wear Hearing Aids )

the long, but more memorable way:

settings > accessibility > Hearing devices ...

... you should see your Hearing Aids named as 'connected' there... if NOT, you need a different intervention, please ask...

then: Audio Routing and Handoff ...

calls :

Always

Media:

Always

the momentary adjustment that is harder to remember:

swipe down from the top right

this opens control center.

press the ear icon to access things about hearing

next check:

settings > accessibility > audio & visual >...

scroll way down to Audio call Routing ...

you should be able to select bluetooth [headset[ ... used for all Bluetooth hearing devices

another way to switch between audio outputs:

Go to Control Center (swipe down from the top right corner).

Tap the box that has the Play button.

At the bottom sits a button that reads “Xxxx’s hearing aids.”

Tap that button to open a smaller box whereto can choose “iPhone speaker” OR “Xxxx’s hearing aids.”

Audible Aris AI* are listed on the MFI devices list, and showing as 'bidirectional streaming', which means they can use their own microphone while on calls, rather that having to speak into the base of your iPhone as the microphone.

List of Made for iPhone hearing devices - Apple Support

I suggest you next check with your hearing provider or the manufacturer's support site to be certain the App is completely up to date and its settings are appropriate for your use.

Yes, of course. The setting she changed,

Auto select speaker in call. Turning this off turned down the volume for the speaker for the ringer, too.

Audio routing should be adjustable and can be set to hearing aids Always.

if set to auto, that means whatever was used last..

Thanks for the quick reply, however this did not change anything. I even powered down the phone after making the settings change.

I’m hearing the ring tone (vis sounds and haptics settings) in both the HA and the phone’s speakers.

Ok, that says 'Hearing aids'.... but the ringer still plays through the Iphone speakers.

I'm totally stumped on this, and my wife has an issue with hearing things like this, which is why I've always kept the speaker quiet.

Audibel Aris AI hearing aids support all versions of iOS including iOS 27.0

As far as IO can tell , they are MFi....

The app still works fine, and the HA both work fine. It's just this one setting I cannot get Iphone to return to silent.

All I can guess is that the handoff is not working properly.

Don’t I have it set right already?

Just tested that, and no, it's set to "Bluetooth Headset"

what make& model hearing aids?

are these MFI hearing Aids?

are you running the latest version of the hearing Aid maker's iPhone software?

Took the phone into the store. They changed a setting and all is good... for now.

thanks for your help.

wait...

... what setting did they change?

This discussion will be here for a long time, and others (or maybe even YOU if this comes back) may find it by searching.

¿What did they change?

I thought Voice Over was all setttings having to do with video recording.

Time will tell if it all works.

THANKS again!