Miracle-Ear CONNECT 5/4 RIC 312 BL User Manual page 5

WARNINGS, CAUTIONS, & NOTICES
As with any hearing aid, misuse of the tinnitus therapy instrument could present
some potentially harmful effects. Care should be taken to prevent the unauthorized
use and to keep the hearing aid out of the reach of children and pets.
CAUTION:
This is not hearing protection.
You should remove this device if you experience overly loud sounds, whether short
or long-lasting. If you're in a loud place, you should use the right kind of hearing
protection instead of wearing this device. In general, if you would use ear plugs in a
loud place, you should remove this device and use ear plugs.
CAUTION:
The sound output should not be uncomfortable or painful.
You should turn down the volume or remove the device if the sound output is
uncomfortably loud or painful. If you consistently need to turn the volume down,
you may need to further adjust your device.
CAUTION:
You might need medical help if a piece gets stuck in your ear.
If any part of your hearing aid, like the eartip, gets stuck in your ear, and you can't
easily remove it with your fingers, get medical help as soon as you can. You should
not try to use tweezers or cotton swabs because they can push the part farther into
your ear, injuring your eardrum or ear canal, possibly seriously.
NOTE:
What you might expect when you start using a hearing aid.
A hearing aid can benefit many people with hearing loss. However, you should know
it will not restore normal hearing, and you may still have some difficulty hearing over
noise. Further, a hearing aid will not prevent or improve a medical condition that
causes hearing loss.
People who start using hearing aids sometimes need a few weeks to get used to
them. Similarly, many people find that training or counseling can help them get more
out of their devices.
If you have hearing loss in both ears, you might get more out of using hearing aids in
both, especially in situations that make you tired from listening—for example, noisy
environments.
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