Do You Wear Your Hearing Aids to the Dentist or Not - and Other Places You Avoid Wearing Your HA’s?
I have a regular 6-month dental checkup coming up in the next month or two (my first since getting my first ever HA’s) and I was wondering if it’s a good idea to wear my HA’s while getting my teeth cleaned. Was thinking that the hygienist wears a mask to avoid breathing aerosols and a slight amount of splatter falls down on the glasses that they give me to wear. While lying reclined in a dental chair, it seems like my HA mics would mostly be pointed away from such stuff and maybe not susceptible to any aerosols?
I first thought of this stuff while applying sunscreen to my face the other day. 1Bluejay did recommend Ear Gear but that seems to take a bit of work to add and remove. Easier to do nothing if others have found dental cleanings, etc., not to be a problem (the sonicator should be another issue entirely, though!).
(searched the forum and could not find any previous posts specifically addressing this possible issue - if there is a thread, point me in the right direction, TIA!)
Jim Larsson
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Maxim Maxim commented
Well, removing the hearing aid while going to the dentist is not mandatory. Everything remains at your discretion. You choose to wear or not a hearing aid. Usually, I used to take off my hearing aid when I went to the dentist because I didn't like talking to this dentist, and it was better if I didn't hear anything. But since I've been going to teeth whitening services in Bay Village OH to https://thehealthysmile.net/dental-services/cosmetic-dentistry-bay-village-ohio/, I don't take off my hearing aid anymore because I met a special dentist who makes me happy to listen to his life stories. So it all depends on you and your dentist, LOL.