Common problems of hearing aids

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1. How many years can the hearing aid use < / a >?

5-8 years, hearing aids belong to precision electronic products, with the same service life as home appliances. The damage and aging of parts is the fatal injury of hearing aids. With your personal care and maintenance level, the service life of hearing aids will be different.

2. Don’t always wear hearing aids. Can you put the battery in the hearing aids for a long time?

No, the battery should be removed for proper use. If the battery is not taken out for a long time, the battery will leak liquid. Once the leakage erodes the main board of the hearing aid, the hearing aid will be scrapped.

3. Can the hearing aid be baked in microwave oven or dehumidified by electric blower after being damped?

No, the hearing aid is a precision electronic product. There are many parts in it. Microwave oven baking or electric hair dryer will damage the parts and damage the hearing aid.

4. Can ordinary button batteries be used instead of hearing aid batteries?

No, the battery used in the hearing aid is 1.4-1.45v, while the general button battery is 1.5-1.55v. The ordinary button battery placed in the hearing aid can also make the hearing aid sound, but the long-term high-voltage work will accelerate the damage of the hearing aid.

5. Can you take a bath or swim with a hearing aid?

No, the latest ear back hearing aid has waterproof function, but it is only limited to 1m deep water under normal temperature and pressure, so it is not allowed to take a bath and swim with the hearing aid.

6. Can hearing aids be prevented from getting damp?

Yes, after the hearing aid is removed, it should be placed in a drying box (to ensure that the drying box is effective) for conventional physical drying, and it should be regularly maintained and dehumidified in the voice of the sea inspection center, or it should be regularly maintained with an electronic drying box at home.

7. Can batteries be placed in high temperature environment or refrigerator when not in use?

No, the battery is likely to explode in high temperature, so try to store the battery in a dry and cool environment.

8. Should the ear mold of the hearing aid be replaced when the ear mold is damaged or the foreign matters in the mold hole cannot be taken out?

The ear mold should be replaced. If the ear mold is damaged, it will cause the sound of the hearing aid to roar because the sound seal is not tight; if there is a blockage of foreign matters, it will cause the sound not to be transmitted to the ear, which will affect the wearing effect.

9. Can ear mold be washed with water?

Yes, the ear mold is an accessory of hearing aid. It does not contain any parts and can be washed with water.

10. Do you want to separate the hearing aid before ear mold washing?

It must be separated. There are parts in the body of the hearing aid. It is not suitable for water to enter, so it must be separated before flushing.

11. Are hearing aids afraid of falling?

Hearing aids need to be shockproof. Generally, they don’t fall intentionally or at high altitude. Hearing aids are not so easy to be damaged.

12. Does earwax affect the built-in hearing aid?

It has an impact. The built-in (in ear) outlet is in the ear, and the earwax can easily block the outlet, causing the machine to be silent; behind the outlet is the receiver of the hearing aid, which belongs to the metabolic secretion, and will corrode the parts, causing the machine to be damaged.

13. Is sweat more corrosive to electronic components than water?

Yes, sweat also contains salts and other substances, which are much more corrosive than conventional water.

14. What are the common failures of hearing aids?

Howling: under normal circumstances, hearing aids are worn in the ear, and people around can’t hear a scream. If there is, it means that the hearing aids have a scream;

Silent: the hearing aid still has no sound after changing the battery;

The voice is light: the voice is small, and the difference between with and without is not big;

Sometimes there is no sound: for a period of time, the hearing aid has a sound, and all of a sudden, the hearing aid has no sound.

15. Is the hearing aid a medical instrument?

Yes, hearing aids belong to class II medical devices.

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