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• 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 similar radiation
treatments and never place your hearing aid in a mi-
crowave oven . These are some of the types of radia-
tion 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 .
Good advice
• The use of hearing aids increases the risk of accumu-
lation of earwax . Contact your ENT doctor/physician if
you suspect that a plug of earwax has accumulated in
your ear . Earwax may not only reduce your own hear-
ing but also the effect 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 acces-
sories out of the reach of children, who might place
them in their mouths . Also keep batteries out of chil-
dren’s reach and discard used batteries carefully . Do
not change batteries in front of children and do not let
them see where you keep your supply .
• Never put a battery in your mouth for any reason as
you may risk swallowing it . In case of ingestion, con-
tact your physician immediately .
• The hearing aid is made of modern non-allergenic ma-
terials . Still, in rare cases skin irritation can occur . If you
notice skin irritation in or around your ear or ear canal,
contact your hearing healthcare professional .
