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How to use your hearing aid How to use your easy read digital hearing aid Also available: How to use your analog hearing aid Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 2012 How to use your digital hearing aid How to use your hearing aid When you first get your hearing aid: Practise using the controls. Settings Volume Different hearing aids have different controls. Your Audiologist will show you. Practise putting it in your ear. 1 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE Which ever style you have make sure your ear piece fits properly into your ear. 2 How to use your digital hearing aid Start wearing it for 1 hour only, 2 times a day. 3 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE How to use your hearing aid Start wearing it in quiet places. 4 How to use your digital hearing aid Try talking to 1 person in a quiet place. How to use your hearing aid Next: Try talking in a small group. 5 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 6 How to use your digital hearing aid Wear your hearing aid outside. 7 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE How to use your hearing aid Do not have the volume too loud. 8 How to use your digital hearing aid Next: How to use your hearing aid It will be hard to hear everything at first but it will get easier. Try using your hearing aid somewhere noisy. 9 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 10 How to use your digital hearing aid If you still can not get used to your hearing aid, speak to someone at the hospital and they will help you. How to use your hearing aid When you need to change the batteries in your hearing aid you can: Get them free from any hospital that has a battery service. You may need to show your Hearing Aid Book. 11 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 12 How to use your digital hearing aid Get them free from some health centres. How to use your hearing aid If your hearing aid does not work properly: Check that it is on the right setting. Check that the volume is on and that it is not too high. Buy them from a chemist. Check it is shut and switched ON 13 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE If it is open it is OFF 14 How to use your digital hearing aid Use your push button control to set your hearing aid for using Loop Systems. It makes it easier to hear sounds more clearly and cuts down background noise. How to use your hearing aid You can get loop systems for your home so that you can pick up sound from your TV, hi-fi or radio. If there is no loop system switch to everyday mode. Check that your batteries are in the right way. This symbol means there is a loop system in the room. 15 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 16 How to use your digital hearing aid How to use your hearing aid Try a new battery. new Check the hearing aid fits properly in your ear. Ask your doctor to check if you have too much wax in your ears. 17 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 18 How How to use to use your your hearing hearing aidaid How to use your digital hearing aid Some hearing aids have tubes If your hearing aid still does not work someone at the hospital can help you. Check the tube is not blocked. Check the tube is not squashed or split. 19 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 20 For more information Action on Hearing Loss is the new name for what used to be the RNID. They are a charity working to change the world for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people. If you go to their website you can find out about support in your area. www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk Telephone 0808 808 0123 Textphone 0808 808 9000 SMS 0780 0000 360 [email protected] Action on Hearing Loss 19-23 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8SL How to use your hearing aid About CHANGE CHANGE is a leading national campaining rights organisation led by disabled people. We employ people with learning disabilities on equal salaries to develop of high quality easy read information that supports people with learning disabilities to make informed decisions and develop their full potential. CHANGE provides a bespoke design and illustration service to support organisations to develop effective easy read information. Staff with learning disabilities also deliver training around accessible information and inclusive working. www.changepeople.co.uk 0113 388 0011 0113 388 0013 [email protected] 21 Designed and illustrated by CHANGE 22