Safety Manual
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If you have reservations about your ability to adapt to
amplication, you should inquire about the availability of
a trial-rental or purchase-option program. Many Hearing
Care Professionals now oer programs that permit you
to wear hearing inruments for a period of time for a
nominal fee after which you may decide if you want to
purchase them.
U.S. federal law rericts the sale of hearing inruments
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.
Forhearinginrumentusers
Hearing inruments will not reore normal hearing and
will not prevent or improve a hearing impairment resulting
from organic conditions. In mo cases infrequent use of
hearing inruments prohibits the wearer from attaining
the full benet from it. The use of hearing inruments is
only part of hearing rehabilitation and may need to be
supplemented by auditory training and inruction in lip
reading.