About Hearing Aid
From Steam WorkshopHearing Aid A wearable hearing aid for Deaf and Hard of Hearing survivors. While you wear it, you hear exactly like everyone else. What it does Deaf : while worn you hear world sounds, zombies,…
Hearing Aid
A wearable hearing aid for Deaf and Hard of Hearing survivors. While you wear it, you hear exactly like everyone else.
What it does
- Deaf: while worn you hear world sounds, zombies, alarms, radios and chat like a hearing character. Take it off and the silence returns.
- Hard of Hearing: while worn your hearing is back to normal (sandbox option, on by default).
- No effect on characters who already hear normally.
- A broken aid stops working.
Wearing it
- Its own worn slot: blocks no clothing, and no hat, mask or helmet blocks it.
- Visible in game: a beige behind-the-ear aid on both ears.
- Hidden under anything that covers the ears: balaclavas, winter hats, earmuffs, hoods, helmets, full masks. Caps, beanies, glasses and face masks keep it visible. It keeps working while hidden.
- Works with clothing mods: modded hoods, helmets, ski masks and similar headwear hide it too.
- Your trait list shows Deaf (Hearing Aid) or Hard of Hearing (Hearing Aid) while it is on.
Getting one
- Craft (Electrical 5): Earbuds, Amplifier, 2 Electronics Scrap, Electric Wire, with a screwdriver.
- Loot: clinics, medical storage, pharmacies, bathroom cabinets, bedside tables, electronics stores and crates.
- Rarely carried by zombies.
- Dismantle it for 2 Electronics Scrap.
Sandbox options
- Helps Hard of Hearing (default on).
- Also hidden under / Never hidden under: item types (separated by ;) that should or should never hide the aid.
- Debug logging (default off).
Multiplayer: the server decides, so every player hears the same way the server thinks they do.
Confirmed working on Build 42.20, singleplayer and multiplayer.
Workshop ID: 3803772846 Mod ID: HearingAid
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 21d ago.
Hearing Aid on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Project Zomboid servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Project Zomboid — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2026-10-14, released 2026-10-14
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of Hearing Aid.
Run Hearing Aid on a Project Zomboid server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Compatibility
- Game
- Project Zomboid
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-14Open ↗
- ✓Authorhecker, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
