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How to clean your hearing aid
1. Remove the earmould and battery from your hearing aid.
2. Carefully run the vent tool through the earmould.
3. Using a cleaning cloth, gently wipe the hearing aid and the earmould. Then use a clean, dry cloth to gently wipe dry.
4. Open a drying cup, remove the foam disc. Place a drying capsule at the bottom of the cup, put the foam disc on top and place your hearing aid and earmould on top.
5. Close the lid and leave to dry for 24 hours.
6. Remove the hearing aid and earmould, reinsert the battery into the hearing aid and reattach the mould.
Go back to hearing aid maintenance videos
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White screen: How to clean your BTE hearing aids with earmoulds. |
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An audiologist is sitting at a table. She takes a hearing aid and removes the battery and the earmould. |
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She holds the earmould and uses a vent tool to clean the earmould. |
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She takes a cleaning cloth and wipes the earmould and the hearing aid |
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She then takes a dry cloth and wipes the earmould and the hearing aid |
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She opens a drying cup and inserts a drying capsule. She inserts the hearing aids and earmoulds. |
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Let the hearing aids dry for 24h |
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The audiologist takes out the hearing aids and inserts the earmoulds and battery |
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