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By Jamie Berke, About.com Guide to Deafness since 1997

Heat, Humidity, and Hearing Aids

Friday June 13, 2008
In the summertime, heat and humidity are the enemies of hearing aids (and cochlear implants, as I have discovered). In fact, during the recent heat wave that we had, a cyberfriend told me that two of his hearing aids had "fried." This article has some suggestions on what to do to prevent heat and humidity from hurting hearing aids (and cochlear implants).

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June 14, 2008 at 1:49 am
(1) Yea! says:

Being totally deaf is only the best thing than dealing with the technology snafu like hearing aid or CI.

Hearing aid or CI users sometimes have to foresake their hearing assistance stuff from time to time.

Nature is really a powerful thing to dealt with. We sometimes have to reasonate with the existence of nature than artificalize ourselves all the time.

We ought to let our ears breathe freely from time to time, instead of plugging the ear molds (hearing aids) into the ear canal.

Our ears are designated without using hearing aids or CI anyway.

June 20, 2008 at 7:42 am
(2) Anonymous says:

Dear Yea!,

Your last comment is partially correct. God created ears to HEAR! Not just to not wear devices and be deaf. The Lord created ears to HEAR just like eyes to SEE!

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