{"id":1900,"date":"2014-11-03T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entmidwest.fm1.dev\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:14:56","slug":"can-i-wear-my-hearing-aids-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/can-i-wear-my-hearing-aids-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Wear My Hearing Aids In The Rain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Trish_sm2.jpg\" alt=\"trish_sm2\" class=\"wp-image-1903\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Can I wear my hearing aids in the rain?<\/strong>&nbsp; This question is asked at almost every hearing aid fitting, especially as we start talking about how harmful moisture can be to hearing aids.&nbsp; Hearing aids are electronic devices and can certainly be damaged when moisture gets inside the case where the electronics are housed.&nbsp;&nbsp; Fortunately, many hearing aids today offer some sort of&nbsp; \u201cwater resistance\u201d which helps to repel moisture and protect the hearing aid from splashes. &nbsp;One manufacturer even offers a \u201cwater proof\u201d hearing aid which allows for continuous immersion in water.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So, can hearing aids be worn in the rain?<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;If you\u2019re standing outside in a downpour for some reason (maybe you are golfing), it would be better to take your hearing aids out.&nbsp;&nbsp; But as long as it\u2019s a light rain and you are going from point A to point B (maybe walking from your car in a parking lot into a place of business wearing a hat or carrying an umbrella), you should be able to wear your hearing aids.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talk to your audiologist to learn more about water-resistant and water-proof hearing aids.&nbsp; For more information on the topic, please read Heather\u2019s blog about&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mid-westent.com\/blog\/post\/missouri-humidity-and-hearing-aids---part-1.html\">Missouri humidity and hearing aids<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I wear my hearing aids in the rain?&nbsp; This question is asked at almost every hearing aid fitting, especially as we start talking about how harmful moisture can be to hearing aids.&nbsp; Hearing aids are electronic devices and can certainly be damaged when moisture gets inside the case where the electronics are housed.&nbsp;&nbsp; Fortunately,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}