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General precautions
• Consult a physician if you find a foreign object in your ear
canal, if you experience skin irritation or if excessive ear wax
accumulates with the use of the hearing instrument.
• Different types of radiation, e.g. from NMR or CT scanners,
may damage the hearing instrument. Therefore, do not wear
the hearing instrument during these or other corresponding
scanning procedures. Other types of radiation (burglary
alarms, room surveillance systems, radio equipment, mobile
telephones, etc) contain less energy and will not damage the
hearing instrument. They could however momentarily affect
the sound quality or create strange sounds from the hearing
instruments.
• Warning: Do not wear the hearing instrument in mines or
other explosive areas, unless those areas are certified for
hearing instrument use.
Warning to hearing care practitioners
Special care should be exercised in selecting and fitting a hearing
instrument(s) whose maximum sound pressure level exceeds 132
dB SPL with an IEC 60711: 1981 occluded ear simulator, because
there may be a risk of impairing the remaining hearing of the hearing
instrument user.
