Android Settings for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

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Android Settings for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

The settings that Android offers for people with hearing impairment are grouped into four subgroups:

  • Audio balance
  • Mono audio
  • Deactivate all sounds
  • Flash notification

You can find these settings in:

Settings/My Device/Accessibility/Audio settings

Audio balance is just left/right balance of the audio device. It allows you to personalize the balance for better listening comfort.

Mono audio merges the stereo sound channels into a single mono channel.

Deactivating all sounds makes your smartphone mute. You will not hear anything, not even the voice of callers.

Flash notification is a feature that blinks the flash of the camera to indicate that you have received a notification. To stop the blinking, you just turn the device over.