User's Manual

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• Have sudden or rapid progression of hearing loss within the past 90 days in one or
both ears.
• Have acute or chronic dizziness, poor dexterity, poor
vision, or significant dementia.
• Suspect that you have significant ear wax accumulation or a foreign object in the ear
canal. Symptoms of significant ear wax accumulation can include itching in your ear,
a feeling of fullness in your ear, and/or reduced hearing.
• Experience pain or discomfort in the ear.
• Have a noticeable difference in hearing between ears.
• Have sudden onset or rapid worsening of tinnitus (ringing in the ear) in one or both
ears within the past 90 days.
This product will not restore normal hearing and will not prevent or improve a hearing
impairment resulting from organic conditions. This product is designed to help you
make greater use of your remaining hearing ability. You should keep in mind that it
can take time to become accustomed to hearing new sounds.
For best results, practice using the hearing aids as much as possible. In most cases,
infrequent use of the hearing aids doesn’t permit you to attain full benefit from them.
The use of a hearing aid is only part of hearing habilitation and may need to be
supplemented by auditory training and instruction in lipreading.
It is good health practice for a person with a hearing loss to have a medicael valuation by a
licensed physician (preferably a physician who specializes indiseases of the ear). Licensed
physicians whospecialize indiseases of the ear are often referred to asotolaryngologists,
otologists, or otorhinolaryngologists. Thepurpose of amedical evaluation is to assure that
alhedically treatavble conditions that may affect hearing are idengtified and treated.