Before you are fit with your hearing instruments, your hearing care professional
should advise you to promptly seek medical attention if you are experiencing any of
the following:
1. Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear.
2. History of active drainage from the ear within the last 90 days.
3. History of sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss within the previous 90
days.
4. Acute or chronic dizziness.
5. Unilateral hearing loss of sudden or recent onset within the previous 90 days.
6. Audiometric air-bone gap equal to or greater than 15 decibels at 500Hz,
1000Hz, or 2000Hz.
7. Visible evidence of significant cerumen (ear wax) accumulation or a foreign
body in the ear canal.
8. Pain or discomfort in the ear.
Note: The hearing care professional should exercise special care in selecting and
fitting hearing instruments where maximum sound pressure level exceeds 132
decibels because there is a risk of impairing the remaining hearing of the instrument
user.