Importance Of Keeping Your Hearing Aids Dry.

The most destructive element to your hearing aids is moisture. Unfortunately, moisture is unavoidable in our world. We accumulate moisture everywhere from the air in the form of humidity to our bodies in the form of sweat. Although, we cannot avoid moisture we can every effort to remove moisture from our hearing aids. The effects of moisture is highly destructive to your hearing aids. As a hearing aid owner, you may know you shouldn't take a shower with your hearing aids otherwise you will risk permanent damage to your hearing aids. The effects of moisture in other forms such as humidity can be just as damaging to your hearing aids. If you neglect to dry your hearing aids daily, the cummulative moisture buildup will shorten the lifespan of your hearing aids, reduce your hearing aid battery life and/or cause your hearing aid circuitry to malfunction. The simplest preventive method to remove moisture from your hearing aids is to use a hearing aid dehumidifier every night. Every night you should remove the battery from your hearing aids and with the battery door open place the hearing aids along with the batteries in a dehumidifiers. This simple task will prolong your hearing aids and battery life. 

What type of dehumidifier should I get?

There are different types of dehumidifiers out on the market within all price ranges and budgets. You should ask your Hearing Aid professional for recommendations. 

The most common type of dehumidifier involves the usage of desiccant. Desiccant is a drying agent that removes moisture from the air and displaces it into another place. A common desiccant agent used is silica gel. Silica gel is a granular hard crystal like substance that absorbs moisture. The desiccant is usually blue in color as an indicator but turns pink when it's ready to be "recharged". You simply heat the desiccant to return the color back to blue. There are various products out on the market, Super Dri Aid Humidifier to name one. 

Another type of dehumidifier uses heat source and a desiccant. These types of dehumidifiers usually are plugged into an electrical source. The basic premises is the dehumidifier uses warm air and desiccant to remove moisture from your hearing aids. Some models has UV light source to sanitize your hearing aids. There various models out there, an example would be the Zephyr. It really doesn't matter what type of dehumidifier you chose to use. The important thing to remember to use the dehumidifier to protect your  investment. 

So, what type of dehumidifier do you use?