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General

• Do not wear your hearing aid in the shower or swim-

ming or when using a hair dryer, perfume or other
sprays.

• 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 similar radiation
treatments and never place your hearing aid in a mi-
crowave oven. These are some of the types of radia-
tion that can damage your hearing aid. Radiation
from, for example, room surveillance equipment,
burglar alarms and cellular telephones is weaker and
will not damage the hearing aid.

• Widex hearing aids are not certified for use in mines

or other areas with explosive gases.

• To maintain the proper shape of the ear-set, be care-

ful not to twist or squeeze it out of shape when your
hearing aid is placed in the case.

Good advice

• The use of hearing aids increases the risk of accumu-

lation of earwax. Contact your physician/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 consid-
erably. It is a good idea to ask your physician to clean
your ears a couple of times a year.

• Please be sure to keep the hearing aid and its parts

and accessories out of the reach of children, who
might place them in their mouths. Also keep batter-
ies out of children’s reach and discard used batteries
carefully. Do not change batteries in front of children
and do not let them see where you keep your sup-
ply.

• Batteries are very small and can easily be mistaken

for pills or the like. Never put a battery or hearing aid
in your mouth for any reason as you may risk swal-
lowing it. In case of ingestion, contact your physician
immediately.