Sound Advice

Your Hearing Aid Will Only Last About 4.5 Years. Why?

You should be wearing your hearing aid(s) at least eight hours per day or 2,800 hours per year. Even if you clean your aid every day with a soft toothbrush and visit your hearing healthcare professional twice a year for specialized cleanings, your hearing aid will eventually break down.

Repair costs could be as high as $175(conventional hearing aids) or $350(digital hearing aids). A hearing aid may stop working because of (1) wax and debris in the receiver, (2) damaged microphone or amplifier, (3) worn out battery contacts, (4) dead battery, (5) moisture, or (6) abuse. The daily wear and tear will erode the hearing aid components and they may need replacement.

After four or five years of daily hearing aid use (10,000 hours), it may be time replace your hearing instrument with a more advanced system. Just like an older car that needs repair, it is never quite the same once the mechanic says, "It is fixed."

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