new hearing aid

The new hearing aid is a bit of a pain. It is really quite large and it's curved shape means that it is hard to get the double sided tape to stick to both it and his head. The combination of this larger aid, his low set ears, and having almost no neck makes securing this hearing aid in place to prevent feedback extremely difficult. Fortunately the new left ear mould is a really good one so it is compensating a bit for the difficulties we are having with the device itself.

I originally thought that the old hearing aids were a bit annoying in that the battery compartment had to be opened to turn off the aid. Annie soon learnt a trick that meant that we didn't have to use the supplied tool to open the battery door but we were still looking forward to the possibility of a new aid with a better "turn off" mechanism.

However, the new aid has turned out to be even more annoying in this area. It has a special little battery door lock that can only be undone with an extremely fine screwdriver. Only the tiny screwdriver that comes with the hearing aid is small enough to undo the lock, even my jewellery screwdriver set doesn't have a small enough screwdriver to operate the lock. In my attempts to find a way to operate the lock without the screwdriver, I think I have managed to break it. It now seems to open and close easily regardless of whether it is locked or not (oops). Oh well at least I have solved one problem.