Interferences
For persons wearing hearing aids or in extreme ambient temperatures,
remove the hearing aid or the individual from the situation and wait 20
minutes prior to taking a temperature.
DOES affect temperature accuracy
• A used probe cover
• Wet/dirty/damaged probe lens
• Hearing aid
• Lying on a pillow
DOES NOT affect temperature accuracy
• Presence of moderate amounts of cerumen (ear wax) in the ear
canal
• Otitis media
• Tympanostomy tubes
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