WHOSE HEARING AID IS IT?
WEARING THE WRONG HEARING AID CAN HARM!
The hearing aid case shows the manufacturer and model of the
hearing aid:
Each hearing aid should have a colour marker for left (blue)
and right (red) and also has a unique Serial Number, – usually
on the case or inside the battery compartment. The image
below shows a Phonak aid.
Earmoulds usually also have the manufacturer’s name and
a unique serial number (or the patient’s surname) written
on them – usually in
blue for the left ear
and in
red for the
right ear
.
CLEANING SLIM TUBES
You need a plastic cleaning wire. If you don’t
have one of these, please contact the Audiology
department and ask for one to be sent to you.
If you have 2 hearing aids, clean one at a time
to avoid confusing left (marked blue) and right
(marked red) aids.
Remove the tube from the main part of the
hearing aid:
• by unscrewing the top of the tube
anticlockwise or
• by turning the tubing to 9 o’clock or 3 o’clock and then
pulling it away from the hearing aid (for aids with a
bayonet-type fitting).
Thread the cleaning wire through the
tubing like a pipe cleaner, starting from
the end that was attached to the hearing
aid, to push any wax or debris out of the
tubing. Push the wire all the way through.
Re-attach the tubing back on to
the hearing aid:
• by screwing on clockwise
• by pushing straight back
on to the hearing aid.
Check that the tubing is securely attached to the aid.
Never wash this type of tubing in water
to clean it, as
the water will get stuck in the tubing and will block any sound
getting through.
Wipe the outside
of the plastic dome with a damp cloth;
something like a baby wipe is ideal.
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