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Caring for your hearing aid
With proper care, your hearing aid will give you years of
reliable service Here are some things you can do to pro-
long the life of your hearing aid:
• Switch your hearing aid off when it is not in use Should
you not use it for several days, take out the battery to
avoid battery leakage
• Treat your hearing aid as the valuable object it is: with
care When your hearing aid is not in use, keep it in its
case in a cool, dry location where it cannot be reached
by children or pets
• When not in use, do not expose your hearing aid to ex-
treme temperatures or high humidity
• In environments with high humidity, a Widex drying
kit may be used daily to reduce the amount of mois-
ture inside the hearing aid See the instructions en-
closed with the Widex drying kit
• Do not wear your hearing aid in the shower or swim-
ming, or when using a hair dryer, hair spray, or other
sprays In addition, use care when applying topical lo-
tions or creams such as sunscreen
• 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 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 but at times may cause interference
noise
• Widex hearing aids are not certified for use in mines or
other areas with explosive gases
