Warning To Hearing Aid Dispensers - MDHearingAid Pro User Manual

Warning 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:
• 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.
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• 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 significant
cerumen accumulation or a
foreign body in the ear canal.
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Stop using the MDHearingAid PRO and consult a physician if:
• Hearing in one or both ears
worsens.
• Hearing does not improve while
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using the MDHearingAid PRO.
• Skin irritation develops in or
around your ear canal.
Special care should be exercised in selecting and fitting a hearing aid whose
maximum sound pressure level exceeds 132 decibels because there may be
risk of impairing the remaining hearing of the hearing aid user.
A hearing aid will not restore normal hearing and will not prevent or improve a
hearing impairment resulting from organic conditions. In most cases infrequent
use of a hearing aid does not permit a user to attain full benefit from it. The
use of a hearing aid is only part of hearing rehabilitation and may need to be
supplemented by auditory training and instruction in lip reading.
• Your ear becomes occluded with
excessive ear wax.
• You develop an infection of your
ear or ear canal.
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