HEARING AID STILL NOT WORKING AT ALL!
If it is not the battery or a blockage in the tubing, it is harder to fix!
Aid is set on a
program which turns
the microphone off
(eg loop or T program)
Turning aid off and on resets
back to normal program.
Hook of an aid with
earmould is blocked
A new hook is needed
– contact Audiology.
Microphones faulty
Aid needs to be replaced
– contact Audiology.
Aid faulty – not working
or sound distorted
Aid needs to be replaced
– contact Audiology.
Aid broken or damaged
or been through wash or
vacuum cleaner
Aid needs to be replaced
– contact Audiology.
OTHER PROBLEMS
THE HEARING AID WHISTLES WHEN
IT IS IN THE PERSON’S EAR
This is called ‘feedback’ – sound escapes from the person’s ear
and is picked up by the hearing aid microphone and is amplified,
so more sound leaks out and more sound is amplified and so on.
Aid not inserted correctly
Slim tubes
Try pulling ear back and pushing
tubing and dome into the ear
(in the direction of the nose)
Aids with earmoulds
Most often, the top part of the
mould is sticking out. When the
mould is being put in the ear,
the top part needs to be twisted
backwards slightly to fit the whole
mould into the ear completely.
If this is not done correctly, pain
and pressure sores may result.
Earmould or slim tube old
and loose
Needs to be replaced – contact
Audiology.
Too much wax in the ear
Sound goes in, hits the wax and
bounces back.
Person needs ears checked for
wax and ears cleared.
Tubing split
Needs to replaced – contact
Audiology.
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