# Sony | Hearing Control

> Medical

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1633950748](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1633950748)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1633950748`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sony Corporation
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 2.40 / 5 (461 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-26
- **First published:** 2022-10-23
- **Size:** 109 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sony-hearing-control/id1633950748)
- **Website:** [https://www.sony.net/hearing-products](https://www.sony.net/hearing-products)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://acm.account.sony.com/tos\_pp?client\_id=74cceb89-9ff7-47f8-bc74-6bab2b129a30&country\_code=US&lang=en-US#page-top](https://acm.account.sony.com/tos_pp?client_id=74cceb89-9ff7-47f8-bc74-6bab2b129a30&country_code=US&lang=en-US#page-top)

## Description

**Sony | Hearing Control** is designed for Sony CRE-C10, CRE-E10, and CRE-C20 self-fitting hearing aids. The app provides guided setup and a self-fitting hearing test to help personalize hearing aid settings.

Use your smartphone to adjust volume, tone sharpness, and—on the CRE-E10—directional focus. The CRE-E10 also supports Bluetooth audio streaming. Feature availability may vary by device, smartphone, operating system, and hearing aid model.

## Rankings

- #97,643 — Overall

## Review summary

Most reviewers acknowledge strong hardware and usable fine-tuning with good iPhone integration, but the Sony | Hearing Control app is plagued by stability and usability problems. Repeated logins, loss of paired devices, and non-persistent settings, internet dependency for basic adjustments, frequent crashes, and slow support dominate the experience and overshadow the hardware benefits.

### Pros

- Fine-tuning and sound adjustment features work reasonably well when the app functions
- Reliable iPhone-to-hearing-aid connectivity/interoperability
- Ease of use for control-mode adjustments in some modes

### Cons

- Frequent sign-in/out and password issues; app requires repeated logins or resets
- The app forgets the paired hearing aids or loses the connection, forcing re-setup
- Settings do not persist; settings reset and battery check features stop working
- Internet access is required for basic adjustments, limiting offline use
- Crashes, timeouts, and 'start over' errors; customer support is slow or unresponsive

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1633950748)