The truth about hearing aids: How they are manufactured & how they can benefit you

Feb. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- In this article I will talk about some basics of hearing aid care, how they are manufactured, how they can best benefit you, and I will also give some opinions on questionable practices of the industry.
First of all, the hearing aid is made simply to amplify the sound around you. If your eardrums are completely shot, they will not help you. There is always growing technologies that are being produced to help clarify that sound all the while making the instrument smaller. It sounds like a tall order, but in SOME cases, it can be done.
There have been many tools they use to help rectify certain problems. For instance, wind noise can be reduced by the installation of muffle devices inserted in or around the microphone. Earwax can also cause problems with the operation of the hearing aid.
Later, I will talk about what you can do at home to save yourself money, time and frustration. For now, I want to tell about the "solutions" that most of these companies use to fix common problems.
First of all, sweat is one of the major problems of hearing aid failure. The sweat from your ear seeps into the circuitry of the aid and shorts it out. There are preventative measures that you can do to avoid this. But first of all, let's look at what the "company" can do for you. Most dealers will recommend an anti-moisture coating to your hearing instrument. This "coating" is supposedly designed to keep moisture out. In reality, it does not exist. When working in quality control, I asked my partner if he could tell me how to tell if the hearing aid had this coating on, he took the aid from me, snapped his fingers over it and waved his hands. "There," he said, "it's on there." The cost at the time to the dealer was $29.95 and who knew what they charged grandma and grandpa. I was shocked.
To rectify this at home, one preventative measure is to baby powder the inside of your ear before inserting it, this is especially important on hot days when you're prone to sweat.
Wax can also cause problems for your instrument. The company would insert a wax spring into the receiver to prevent wax from building up in the canal. You at home can easily do this with a spring from a pen. Just clip it down to about 1cm and insert it into the tube on the receiver.
Wind noise and outside noise can cause discomfort
and distortion in the listening of the device. The company would fit the microphone with foam or a wind screen or hood. You can do this at home by inserting a piece of cotton or foam into the microphone.
Some ears are allergic to the plastic. Companies will put a "hypo-allergenic" coating on the canal of the aid. In reality, it's clear nail polish and you can coat the canal yourself for that.
Some people encounter feedback in their aids. That annoying whistling sound. This is cause either by a poor fitting hearing aid or a faulty placed mic. The former can be solved by cutting a piece of medical tape in half the long ways and wrapping it around the tip of the canal until the fit is snug. The latter can be solved by gently tapping the aid on a table until the whistling stops.
Because the hearing instrument is not a life or death type of health equipment, it is not heavily regulated by the government. There has been laws passed to make it harder to become a dealer, but other than that, there isn't much. This may be whistle blowing, but these are some of the things I think you as a consumer need to know about before you make your decision on who you will buy from.


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