Hearing Aid care tips for Summer

 Summer means heat, sweat, humidity, Vacations, outings, travelling, get togethers…. in other words lot of activity, movement and conversations.

1. Keep your hearing aids away from heat i. e. keep away from direct exposure to sun. Keep your hearing aids in an enclosure, don’t keep it on the table or a windowsill.
2. Protect it from sweat or moisture by using dry box. Either a container with silica granules or an electric dry box.

   3. Every night before retiring to bed, open the battery door, remove the battery and keep your hearing aid in this box.

4. Keep ear moulds or domes of the hearing aids clean so that there will not be any obstruction to the amplified sound when it reaches into the ear.
5. Keeping hearing aid dry and clean will ensure good sound quality. You will need good sound quality will make your conversations during trips, get 2 get togethers, travelling easy & comfor­table.

 If you are going on a long tour or even a short visit to a friend’s house, ensure battery of your hearing aids is not at the end of its life. keep a stock of sufficient number of batteries. If you use Rechargeable hearing aids then make sure your hearing aid is sufficiently charged.

 For long tours do not forget to add charger to your bag but most importantly do not forget to carry cable and adaptor of your charger. Completely avoid using inexpensive cables or adapters to charge your hearing aids.

During summer, we frequently wash our face due to heat and sweat however, do not forget to remove hearing aids before you wash your face.