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Do not wear your hearing aid in the shower or
swimming, or when using a hair dryer, hair
spray, or other sprays.
Never try to open or repair the hearing aid
yourself.
Do not wear your hearing aid during x-ray, MR
scans, CT scans, short-wave diathermy, or sim-
ilar radiation treatments and never place your
hearing aid in a microwave oven. These are
some of the types of radiation that can damage
your hearing aid. Radiation from, for example,
room surveillance equipment, burglar alarms
and cellular telephones is weaker and will not
damage your hearing aid.
Widex hearing aids are not certified for use in
mines or other areas with explosive gases.
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Good advice
The use of hearing aids increases the risk of ac-
cumulation of earwax. Contact your physician/
ENT doctor if you suspect that a plug of earwax
has accumulated in your ear. Earwax may not
only reduce your own hearing but also the ef-
fect of the hearing aid considerably. It is a good
idea to ask your physician to clean your ears a
couple of times a year.
Please be sure to keep your hearing aid and its
accessories out of the reach of children, who
might place them in their mouths. Also keep
batteries out of children’s reach and discard
used batteries carefully. Do not change batter-
ies in front of children and do not let them see
where you keep your supply.
Never put a battery in your mouth for any rea-
son as you may risk swallowing it. In case of in-
gestion, contact your physician immediately.
The hearing aid is made of modern non-aller-
genic materials. Still, in rare cases skin irrita-
tion can occur. If you notice skin irritation in or
around your ear or ear canal, contact your hear-
ing care professional.
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