Hearing Aids Number Two Enemy, Part 2

Moisture will build up on the electrical components inside your instrument usually very slowly. Signs of moisture are crackling or distortion of sound. Your hearing aid performance may be intermittent, sometimes it sounds good and then other times it doesn’t. It may even go on/off at times. All makes and models are affected by moisture.

What can be done? First of all if you see any moisture or water on your instrument, wipe and clean it off. Secondly, I recommend every moment your hearing aid isn’t in your ear to put it into a Dri-Aid Kit. A Dri-Aid Kit usually consists of an absorbent material inside a container of some sort. There are numerous kinds and designs available on the market, some very inexpensive and others quite pricey. When placing your instrument in the container with the moisture absorbent material, the idea is to draw the moisture out of your hearing aid.

The rewards are great if you routinely put your instruments inside the kits to pull the moisture from them. For one, the quality of sound will always be constant. However, to me the most important value is that by taking steps to reduce moisture from accumulating in your hearing aid, you will increase the life of your hearing aid 1 to 2 years.

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