To make sure that your hearing aids can help you hear properly, you must look after them and keep them clean.

Both your doctor and your parents can show you how to clean your hearing aids and earmoulds. There are several things to remember, and we have listed some of the most common ones here.

The way you would look after a hearing aid that is worn behind the ear (a BTE hearing aid) with its plastic earmould is different to the way you would treat a hearing aid that fits all in your ear (an ITE hearing aid)  – so we have written separate care explanations for you.