Hearing Aid Listening Check, Storage and Accessories

In the morning, before putting the hearing aids on your child’s ears you should do the following:

• Look over the hearing aid for broken parts, cracks, loose screws or connections, and dirt. If you see any damage, call your child’s audiologist. 
• Clean them as instructed below, if needed. • Use the battery tester to check if the batteries are still okay.
• Put in the batteries.
• Use the listening tube to listen to the hearing aids.
• Put the hearing aids securely on your child’s ears. Put in the earmolds and switch on the hearing aids.
• If a hearing aid is not working right, and you have checked that the battery is good, call your child’s audiologist.
• To learn more, view video “My child was fit with hearing aides. Now what?” youtu.be/5TPr0KcFCYc

At night when your child goes to bed:

• Wipe the earmolds with a cloth and remove any wax from the canal of the earmold.
• Clean the hearing aid by wiping it with a dry cloth or tissue, if needed.
• Open the battery doors and remove the batteries. Put them in a safe place.
• Put the hearing aids and earmolds in the Dri-Aid Kit.
• Put the hearing aids and batteries in a safe place where your children or pets cannot reach them.

The items listed below will help you care for your child's hearing aids:

Extra moisture often causes breakdown of hearing aids. Regular use of the Dri-Aid Kit draws dampness from the hearing aid’s electronic parts to prevent breakdown. Each night, after removing the batteries, put your child’s hearing aids in the jar. Earmolds can also be put in the jar. Please read the package instructions for how to use the Dri-Aid Kit, some kits can be refreshed.

After several hours of use or after earmold cleaning, you may see drops of moisture in the tube of the earmold. Use the earmold blower to get rid of these. Disconnect the hearing aid from the earmold. Put the tip of the blower into the earmold tubing and squeeze the bulb until the drops are gone. Reattach the hearing aid to the earmold. Always use the earmold blower after cleaning the earmolds.

Battery life differs for each hearing aid, so it is important to test the batteries each day before they are used. To test, put a battery into the tester the way the picture on the tester shows. Hold the battery in the tester for a few seconds. The reading for a weak battery may slowly fade. Replace batteries that are not good. Some hearing aids have a warning beep when the battery is low. Ask your child’s audiologist about this.

Use the listening tube to listen to your child’s hearing aids without putting them in your ears. Put the earmold into the s-cupped end of the tube and put the earplug into your ear. While listening to the radio or talking to yourself, turn the hearing aid off and on a few times. Listen for static, dead spots or a weak “on and off” signal. If there are any of these problems, call your child’s audiologist.

Gently remove debris or wax from the earmold tubing with a wax removal tool and/or threadable cleaning floss. Put the earmold in a cup and add a cup of liquid soap to make it sudsy. Using the faucet, run warm water through the cup until the earmold is clean. Use the earmold air blower to get rid of moisture in the earmold tube.