What factors are likely to cause hearing aid damage

2020-05-08
There are many reasons for the life span of hearing aids and the use habits of patients with hearing loss. Generally speaking, hearing aids can be used for 5-8 years. If you don't maintain them well, they may fail in 3 years. So what factors are likely to cause hearing aid damage?



Earwax, earwax blocking the hearing aid receiver is the main cause of its damage, most Chinese people are dry earwax, usually speaking, walking, chewing and other actions will make the earwax fall out of the ear canal, but because some patients wear a customized machine, which is stuffed into the ear canal, causing the earwax can not fall out normally, they can only run to the receiver, not serious It's just that the sound becomes lighter, and if it's serious, it will block the receiver and damage it. Therefore, we must clean the earwax regularly. If you are oil earwax, you need to clean it diligently. Moisture and hearing aids are also one of the major causes of damage. No matter whether it is moisture or rain, hearing aids will be seriously damaged. Therefore, when using hearing aids, we must pay attention to water-proof. Secondly, in the hot summer, bathing and cooling is a must every day. Therefore, some water will inevitably enter the ear canal. Before wearing hearing aids, we must pay attention to the inner ear canal Clean up the water stains before wearing.

Anti falling, the chips and parts inside the hearing aid are very afraid of falling. In the use process, we must pay attention not to let the hearing aid fall from a high place. A slight possibility is that the shell is cracked, which will affect the internal parts of the hearing aid seriously and cause damage.