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Contraindications:
General clinical contra-indications for the use of hearing
aids and Tinnitus software feature are:
• Hearing loss is not in the tting range of the hearing
aid (i.e. gain, frequency response)
• Acute tinnitus (< three months after it occurs)
• Deformity of the ear (i.e. closed ear canal; absence of
the auricle)
• Neural hearing loss ( i.e. retro-cochlear pathologies
such as absent / non-viable auditory nerve)
Charger: Please note, contraindications are not derived from
the charger, but from the compatible hearing aids.
The primary criteria for the referral of a patient for a
medical or other specialist opinion and / or treatment
are as follows:
• Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear;
• History of active drainage from the ear in the previous
90 days;
• History of sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss in
one or both ears within the previous 90 days;