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Listening Checks Your child's hearing
aids are the most important teaching tool he or she has, and they’ll undergo a lot of wear and tear.
A listening check will ensure the hearing aids are working well and that your child is getting the most
from sound at home, school or play. The following procedure takes only a minute or two each day.
| 1. |
Turn
the hearing aid on and set it at full volume. You should hear whistling or feedback with most hearing
aids. |
| 2. |
Cover the opening in the ear canal of the earmold. The
whistling should
stop. If it doesn't, there is likely a sound leak through the earhook or earmold. A hearing healthcare
professional can repair this problem. |
| 3. |
Inspect the earmold
for moisture build-up.
If you see moisture, take the earmold off the earhook of the hearing aid and blow through the earmold
tubing. |
| 4. |
Attach the hearing aid and earmold to a stethoscope
attachment and
place the stethoscope in your ears. |
| 5. |
Turn the hearing aid on
(M or I) and set
it at your child's volume setting. |
| 6. |
Say ah, oo, ee, m, sh,
s and several sentences.
You should hear each of the sounds clearly through the hearing aid. |
| 7. |
Rotate
the volume control from minimum to your child's regular volume setting. You should hear changes in loudness. |
| 8. |
Turn the switch back and forth from on (M or I) to off (O).
If you hear static
or intermittency as you
move the switch, take the hearing aid to a hearing healthcare professional. |
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