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What to do if a Battery is Swallowed
Youngsters, and sometimes oldsters, sometimes swallow “button cells”, which includes hearing aid batteries. This is an uncommon but serious matter. The following information is from the National Capital Poison Center: 1. If a button cell is swallowed, call the 24-hour … Continue reading
RIC versus Slim Tube
RIC and slim tube hearing aids look nearly identical. The picture to the left shows an aid that could be an RIC or a slim tube aid. With both, the hearing aid sits on top of and behind the outer … Continue reading
The Ear is Unique
Housed in the densest bone of the body, the temporal bone, the ear may be the most complex organ in the body. It is the only organ to contain 2 senses: hearing and balance. Our hearing is so sensitive that … Continue reading
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How to Clean Your Ears
The first thing people think about when cleaning their ears is a cotton swab – and cerumen (earwax) will sometimes adhere to the cotton and come out with the swab. However, it can also push the cerumen deeper in the … Continue reading
Talking to a Hearing Impaired Person
Here are a few suggestions for talking to a hearing impaired person: -Talk directly to the person. If you are facing them they not only get a better speech signal, they can make use of the visual cues of speech. … Continue reading
Dogs Like Hearing Aids
True Story: In one year I had 24 hearing aids bitten/swallowed/mangled by dogs. One young lady had it happen to her twice within the span of two months. When she first got her hearing aid she didn’t realize that dogs, … Continue reading
My Trouble is Understanding Speech
“I hear ok, I just don’t understand what is said.” If this is you, trouble understanding speech is almost always a hearing loss. Because hearing loss is frequency specific, many hearing impaired people hear lots of sounds very well, or … Continue reading
Cleaning Hearing Aids
Clean the wax and skin debris from the shell of the hearing aid by wiping it with a cloth, tissue or handkerchief that has been moistened with a solution made for hearing aids, or with vinegar. All hearing aids that … Continue reading
Hearing Aid Batteries Hearing aid batteries come in 4 sizes, from smallest to largest: size 10, 312, 13 and 675. The smallest, the size 10, measures about 3 mm thick by 5 mm in diameter. The largest, size 675, is … Continue reading
January 22, 2012
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List of Important Points When Considering Hearing Aids
1. Step #1 is to get a thorough evaluation of your hearing. This is not a screening and is not usually a free test. The accuracy of the test results are vital to how well you will hear with hearing … Continue reading