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For Your Family and Friends
Your family and friends are also affected by your
hearing loss. Request that they:
• Get your full attention before beginning
to speak
• Look at you or sit face-to-face in a quiet room
• Speak clearly and at a normal rate and level; shouting
can actually make understanding more difficult
• Rephrase rather than repeat the same words;
different words may be easier to understand
• Minimize distractions while speaking
Tips for Better Communication
Safety Information
Safety Information
Your hearing instruments should not be worn during
an MRI procedure or in a hyperbaric chamber.
Your hearing instruments are classified as a Type B
applied part under the IEC 60601-1 medical
device standard.
Your hearing instruments are not formally certified
to operate in explosive atmospheres such as may
be found in coal mines or certain chemical factories.
Your hearing instruments should be stored within the
temperature and humidity ranges of -40
o
C (-40
o
F) to
+60
o
C (140
o
F) and 10%-95% rH.
Your hearing instruments are designed to operate
beyond the range of temperatures comfortable to
you, from very cold up to 50
o
C (122
o
F).