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General warnings
Batteries have occasionally been
mistaken for pills. Therefore, check your
medicine carefully before swallowing
any pills.
Most hearing aids can be supplied with
a tamper-resistant battery drawer upon
request. This is strongly recommended
for infants, small children, and people
with learning difficulties.
Children younger than 36 months must
always use a tamper-resistant battery
drawer. Please talk to your hearing care
professional about the availability of
this option.
"If a battery or hearing aid is swallowed,
see a doctor immediately and contact
the National Poison Center at 1-800-
222-1222 or National Battery Ingestion
Hotline at 1-800-498-8666."
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Battery use
Always use batteries recommended
by your hearing care professional.
Batteries of low quality may leak and
cause bodily harm.
Never attempt to recharge your
batteries, and never dispose of
batteries by burning them. There is a
risk that the batteries will explode.
Dysfunction
Be aware of the possibility that your
hearing aid may stop working without
notice. Keep this in mind when you
depend on warning sounds (e.g. when
you are in traffic). The hearing aids may
stop functioning, for instance if the
batteries have expired or if the tubing is
blocked by moisture or earwax.
Warnings More info
Active implants
The hearing aid has been thoroughly
tested and characterized for human
health according to international
standards for human exposure (Specific
Absorption Ratio - SAR), induced
electromagnetic power and voltages
into the human body.
The exposure values are well below
international accepted safety limits for
SAR, induced electromagnetic power
and voltages into the human body
defined in the standards for human
health and coexistence with active
medical implants, such as pacemakers
and heart defibrillators.
If you have an active brain implant,
please contact the manufacturer of
your implantable device for information
about the risk of disturbance.
The AutoPhone magnet and MultiTool
(which has a built-in magnet) should
be kept at least 30 cm away from the
implant, e.g. do not carry it in your
breast pocket.
In general, please follow the guidelines
recommended by the manufacturers
of implantable defibrillators and
pacemakers on use with magnets.
Cochlear implants
If you are using a cochlear implant (CI)
on one ear and a hearing aid on the
other ear, make sure to always keep
your CI at least at a 1cm distance from
your hearing aid. The magnetic field
from the CI sound processors, coils, and
magnets may permanently damage the
speaker unit in your hearing aid. Never
place the devices close together on a
table e.g. when cleaning or changing
batteries. Do not carry the CI and the
hearing aid together in the same box.
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