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Facemask Wearing Tips for Hearing Aid Wearers

It has become apparent that the combination of mask wearing and hearing aid wearing can be problematic. If you wear hearing aids that sit behind your ears and have flicked off your hearing aids while removing your mask, you are not alone. Sadly, this has become a common cause of people losing their hearing aids.

Suggestion 1.

Look for masks that have over the head straps rather than behind the ear straps, or if you sew, or know someone who sews, have a fabric mask made with over the head straps.

Suggestion 2.    

Bu​y a purpose designed neck strap, or be creative with buttons, toggles, or even toys to make a neck strap for yourself. 

Note; although these options reduce the chance of hearing aids falling off, it is not a 100% safeguard. It is recommended to get in the habit of checking hearing aid placement immediately after removing facemasks.  

The white neck strap in the images above is produced by hearing aid manufacturer, Phonak. What is great about this is the ability to cut the strap to get the sizing just right. 

There are surely many other ideas out there. A favourite of mine is the use of a monkey from the child toy ‘barrel of monkeys’ (image d). This idea was seen in a video from hearing aid manufacturer Starkey. Hold ctrl and click on the link to watch.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDT3GRKEGms 


Suggestion 3.

 For a more highly guaranteed solution to keep your hearing aids from falling off , hearing aid clothing clips are an excellent option. These prevent hearing aids falling due to more situations than mask removing, e.g. taking glasses on and off, pulling jersey’s over your head, etc. These just clip to clothing e.g. collar, at the back of your neck. The hearing aid may fall out of your ear, but will not fall to the ground and will still be attached to your clothing.

Hopefully these ideas are helpful. Please feel free to make contact for further information.

Lisa

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