User manual
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Warnings to Hearing Aid Dispensers
A hearing aid dispenser should advise a prospective hearing aid user to
consult promptly with a licensed physician (preferably an ear specialist)
before dispensing a hearing aid. If the hearing aid dispenser determines
through inquiry, actual observation, or review of any other available
information concerning the prospective user, that the prospective user
has any of the following conditions, then consult a physician.
• Visible congenital or traumatic
deformity of the ear.
• History of active drainage
from the ear within the
previous 90 days.
• History of sudden or rapidly
progressive hearing loss within
the previous 90 days.
• Acute or chronic dizziness.
• Pain or discomfort in the ear.
• Unilateral hearing loss of sudden
or recent onset within the
previous 90 days.
• Audiometric air-bone gap equal to
or greater than 15 decibels at 500
hertz (Hz), 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz.
• Visible evidence of signicant
cerumen accumulation or a
foreign body in the ear canal.