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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMost complex electronic devices and water do not mix, and hearing aids are no exception<\/a>. Since hearing aids sit in your ear all day, a moist environment, most are water-resistant to some degree. But very few hearing aids are truly waterproof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Electronic devices are rated on how resistant they are to dust and water; this is known as their IP rating. Provided by the International Electrotechnical Commission<\/a>, this rating system includes two numbers. The first indicates how well the device protects against debris and is scored on a range of one to seven. The second digit indicates how well the device can stand up to moisture and is graded on a scale between one to eight. This second number tells you how water-resistant a device is. Below is a chart put out by The Hearing Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hearing aids with high IP ratings may be worth considering if you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those who are absent-minded or just want the peace of mind that if they accidently forget to take their hearing aids out before going for a swim or step into the shower their hearing aids their hearing aids won\u2019t be destroyed may also be interested in a higher rated device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When in doubt, talk to your audiologist. You can discuss your concerns and they can help guide you to the appropriate level of water protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To learn more about keeping your hearing aid safe or to schedule an appointment with a hearing professional, contact Evergreen Speech & Hearing Inc<\/a> today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have hearing loss and live close to the beach or spend a lot of time in the pool, having to remove your hearing aids when you are near water may become a hassle. Having hearing aids that could flow seamlessly between sea and land would be ideal, but do those hearing aids really…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"(425) 882-4347 | Having hearing aids that could flow seamlessly between sea and land would be ideal, but do those hearing aids really exist?","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How Much Protection Do You Need?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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