Safety Manual

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DRAFT 2017-07-27
a trial‑rental or purchase‑option program. Many Hearing
Care Professionals now o󰘯er programs that permit you
to wear hearing in󰘵ruments for a period of time for a
nominal fee after which you may decide if you want to
purchase them.
U.S. federal law re󰘵ricts the sale of hearing in󰘵ruments
to those individuals who have obtained a medical
evaluation from a licensed physician. U.S. federal law
permits a fully informed adult to sign a waiver 󰘵atement
declining the medical evaluation for religious or personal
beliefs that preclude consultation with a physician. The
exercise of such a waiver is not in your be󰘵 health
intere󰘵 and its use is 󰘵rongly discouraged.
For hearing instrument users
Hearing in󰘵ruments will not re󰘵ore normal hearing and
will not prevent or improve a hearing impairment resulting
from organic conditions. In mo󰘵 cases infrequent use of
hearing in󰘵ruments prohibits the wearer from attaining
the full bene󰘰t from it. The use of hearing in󰘵ruments is
only part of hearing rehabilitation and may need to be
supplemented by auditory training and in󰘵ruction in lip
reading.
Health considerations
If soreness or skin irritation develops, discontinue
wearing your hearing in󰘵ruments, and bring the
in󰘵ruments and earmolds to your Hearing Care