Casio C721 manual Avoid potential hearing loss, Gallaudet University, Rerc

Safety

How will I know if my hearing aid will work with a particular digital wireless phone?

You’ll want to try a number of wireless phones so that you can decide which works the best with your hearing aids.

You may also want to talk with your hearing aid professional about the extent to which your hearing aids are immune to interference, if they have wireless phone shielding, and whether your hearing aid has a HAC rating.

For more information about hearing aids and digital

wireless phones:

• FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility and Volume Control

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/hearing.html

• Hearing Loss Association of America

http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/cellphonetech.asp

• CTIA

http://www.accesswireless.org/hearingaid/

• Gallaudet University, RERC

http://tap.gallaudet.edu/voice

k Avoid potential hearing loss.

Prolonged exposure to loud sounds (including music) is the most common cause of preventable hearing loss. Some scientific research suggests that using portable audio devices, such as portable music players and cellular telephones, at high volume settings for long durations may lead to permanent noise-induced hearing loss. This includes the use of headphones (including headsets, earbuds and Bluetooth or other wireless devices). Exposure to very loud sound has also been associated in some studies with tinnitus (a ringing in the ear), hypersensitivity to

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