Sometimes hearing aids don’t seem to work the way you think they should. Here are a few tips on what you and your parents can check before taking them to your audiologist.

If there is no sound in your hearing aid, try to:

• Insert a new battery
• Switch the hearing aid to the M-position
• Clean the earmould (only for BTE hearing aids)
• Turn up the volume

If these tips do not help, you and your parents should ask your audiologist to look at your hearing aids.

If your hearing aid whistles, try to:

• Turn down the volume (this will only help temporarily)
• Clean the earmould and put the mould and hearing aid back on (only for BTE hearing aids)
• Replace the tube between the hearing aid and the earmould
• Have the ear canal examined by your doctor
• Have a new earmould made

You and your parents should always contact your audiologist or doctor if these tips do not help you to solve the problem.