Maintenance

Most hearing aid repairs are due to moisture and earwax accumulating in the hearing aid, and most of these repairs can be avoided.  It is extremely important to clean the entire hearing aid every time it is removed from your ear by wiping and brushing it. To better protect your hearing aids, use a DRY-AID kit every night! Electronic dry-aid kits are the best. They include a germicidal light that kills most bacteria and other germs, desiccants to absorb moisture and fans to circulate air around the internal components of the hearing aid. Get in the habit of cleaning the hearing aid after each use and keeping the hearing aid in the dry-aid kit at night. Preventive maintenance is the key to trouble free, long life from a hearing aid. A well maintained hearing aid can easily last 5 to 7 years, maybe longer.

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Hearing Aid Batteries

All batteries are toxic and dangerous if swallowed. Keep all batteries (and hearing aids) away from children and pets. If anyone swallows a battery it is a medical emergency and the individual needs to see a physician immediately.  One question often asked is " How long does the battery last? " Typically, batteries last 5-15 days. However, as power consumption increases and as battery size decreases, battery life decreases.

Size 10 (or 230): YELLOW
Size 13: ORANGE
Size 312: BROWN
Size 675: BLUE

Today's hearing aid batteries are " zinc-air " meaning " air-activated. " Once the factory-sealed sticker is removed from the back of the battery, oxygen in the air contacts the zinc within the battery and the battery is " turned-on " .

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Communication Tips

If you're wearing hearing devices - let people know. 

Even while wearing hearing aids, there will be times when you find yourself in difficult situations. Sometimes, if you tell people you have hearing loss, they will respond by adapting to your needs.  You might also.Try to face the person speaking, try to stay away from noise sources, use as many visual cues as possible (good lighting on the person speaking), listen within 6 to 8 feet of the person speaking, turn off or turn down other noise sources (TV, radio, dishwasher, washing machines, running water etc) while conversing.

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Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)

You may have certain communication needs that cannot be solved by just using hearing aids. These situations may involve telephone, radio, television, or the inability to hear the door chime, telephone bell, and alarm clock. Special devices have been developed to solve these problems. Like hearing aids, assistive listening devices and alerting devices make sounds louder. Typically, a hearing aid makes all sounds in the environment louder. Assistive listening devices and alerting devices can increase the loudness of a specific desired sound, like a radio or television, a public speaker, or an alarm system, or may make an auditory alarm (such as a smoke signal) into a visual alarm (such as a strobe light).

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