Wearing Hearing Aids and a Mask: 5 Tips
Wearing Hearing Aids... Plus a Mask We are currently living in some strange times. In healthcare, wearing masks has been common practice for a long time. Now, with the Covid-19 outbreak more and more people are wearing masks to help protect themselves and others. But what if you wear behind the ear hearing aids? How do you safely wearing hearing aids and a mask? Here are a few tips to help keep you safe during Covid-19 and keep your hearing aids safely behind your ears. Wearing hearing aids and a mask Take extra precautions when removing the mask. Hearing aids can easily get caught on the elastic when removing them. Try taking your mask off only in one or two places (in the car or at home). This will help eliminate places to look if they do come loose and provide some extra security and awareness. Attach the mask to a headband with buttons. This not only protects the backs of your ears from the elastic but keeps your hearing aids in place too. You can find a pattern for one here. If you have long hair you can also loop the elastic around a ponytail. Get a mask extender. These can be purchased, made, or makeshift (I've seen people use paperclips). These allow the mask to be secured around the back of your head vs. your ears. Use the masks with 4 strings vs elastic. These tie around the back of your head and nape of your neck with no...
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