{"id":1676,"date":"2020-09-01T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.fm1.dev\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:13:04","slug":"how-to-properly-clean-your-hearing-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/how-to-properly-clean-your-hearing-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Properly Clean Your Hearing Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ha-care-maint-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ha-care-maint-blog.jpg 900w, https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ha-care-maint-blog-768x602.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Recent events have brought significant attention to the importance of cleanliness and sanitation. However, keeping your hearing aids clean is a little more complicated than washing your hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some reminders for properly maintaining your devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Daily:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brush\/wipe off devices with cloth\/brush that came in your kit before inserting in ears. (At night the wax is still too sticky, in the morning after it dries out it should flake off easier.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monthly:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Replace wax guards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quarterly:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Replace domes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biannually:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Schedule clean and check with audiologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As Needed:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Disinfect with a hearing aid wipe that does NOT contain alcohol as there may be a coating on the hearing aid that could be damaged by alcohol. (Make sure not to allow excess liquid to enter the devices \u2013 be especially careful around microphone openings.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to ask your audiologist at your next visit if you need additional guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent events have brought significant attention to the importance of cleanliness and sanitation. However, keeping your hearing aids clean is a little more complicated than washing your hands. Here are some reminders for properly maintaining your devices. Daily: Brush\/wipe off devices with cloth\/brush that came in your kit before inserting in ears. (At night the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-aids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgenerationsaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}