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Do not wear your hearing aid in the shower or
swimming, or when using a hair dryer, hair
spray, or other sprays and creams (e .g . suntan-
ing oils) .
Never try to open or repair the hearing aid
yourself .
Do not wear your hearing aid during x-ray, MR
scans, CT scans, short-wave diathermy, or sim-
ilar radiation treatments and never place your
hearing aid in a microwave oven . These are
some of the types of radiation that can damage
your hearing aid . Radiation from, for example,
room surveillance equipment, burglar alarms
and cellular telephones is weaker and will not
damage your hearing aid; however, you may
hear interference noise .
Widex hearing aids are not certified for use in
mines or other areas with explosive gases .
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Good advice
You may notice increased accumulation of ear-
wax with hearing aid usage . Contact your phy-
sician/ENT doctor if you suspect that a plug of
earwax has accumulated in your ear . Earwax
may not only reduce your own hearing but also
the effect of the hearing aid considerably . It is a
good idea to ask your physician to clean your
ears a couple of times a year .
Please be sure to keep your hearing aid and its
accessories out of the reach of children, who
might place them in their mouths . Also keep
batteries out of children’s reach and discard
used batteries carefully . Do not change batter-
ies in front of children and do not let them see
where you keep your supply .
Never put a battery in your mouth for any rea-
son as you may risk swallowing it . In case of in-
gestion, contact your physician
immediately
and
the 24 Hour National Button Battery In-
gestion Hotline at (202) 625-3333.
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