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Malcolm Stewart
 
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Default OT DIY Cleaning a BTE hearing aid

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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If its an NHS aid then they will swop it there and then when you take it
in.
These analogue aids a well known having problems and just going dead.

Incidently you can now apply for a digital aid now because the RNID has
stipulated to the NHS and the gov that its time to coume up to date with
the HA as most communications nowadays are digital ie mobile phones ect.


My previous experience with my local hospital was that two journeys were
needed with a day or more for the repair to be done. When I enquired about
a digital aid (well after other people had got them) they said that their
department was at the end of the queue.
Things are quite different in South Manchester where my aunt has been given
a digital HA a few years ago, and several follow-up consultations to try and
ensure she was getting the best out of it. Unfortunately, she's not up to
remembering how it works, and taking advantage of the better features, which
have now been disabled. In addition, she's managed to fit the cell the
wrong way round so she's now got a two part HA. (She managed the previous
analog type without difficulty - but she is now close to 90, and her age is
beginning to tell.)

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M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
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