Hearing Aid Issues

Hearing aids are delicate electronic devices. Wonderful when they are in perfect working order and of great benefit to its user. But there are so many things that can go wrong. Dropping an aid can do it, not just on a hard surface but even on a soft carpet. Stepping into the shower with an aid can get just a small amount of water into the microphone ruining the microphone. Diving into a pool is bad too. There are also things we have very little control over, such as perspiration, body oil, earwax and dust. Earwax is probably the hearing aid's biggest enemy. Trying to clean earwax out of a hearing aid is the most frequent user inflicted damage. So great care has to be taken when cleaning a hearing aid. One should never use any type of liquid, only dry tissue. Only the proper tool, never toothpicks, needles or pencils. But no matter how clean we keep our hearing aids, that oil will eventually get into the receiver (speaker) and ruin it. It is only a matter of time. Most hearing aids (99.5%) can be repaired and will perform as good as new... no matter what you may have heard or have been told. Having your hearing aid repaired will of course save you a lot of money, a new hearing aid would cost you many times the cost of a repair. There is also no age limit when it comes to what can be repaired. When overhauled, a hearing aid will perform as good as new no matter how old it is. Where you get your hearing aid repaired matters as well... Remember the old saying... You get what you pay for.