I got my first hearing aid beginning of Jan this year and haven’t had a follow-up appointment for various reasons (lots of adjustments need to be made). A few ago I fell asleep while wearing it (oticon own 4 CIC) and now it won’t work. I’ve changed multiple batteries and it still wont work; there’s no start-up tone. Did I somehow break it? Is there a reset? My HA is a fairly “dumb” aid and has no bluetooth.
Check to make sure no wax or debris is in the speaker, along with making sure that you are allowing enough time for the battery to activate. I typically leave it 5-10 minutes just to be sure because sometimes you get a pack of shotty batteries where they don’t activate Or work properly. You also want to make sure you are putting the battery in properly and that there is no debris in the battery compartment.
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I usually see between 1 and 5 to get optimal life but I am never that patient.
I use batteries from amplifone and tend to get bad packs sometimes and don’t like wasting a new battery since I find after a while they eventually fully activate. Sometimes it takes up to an hour but I keep those ones for “extra rescue batteries” for when out and about.
Change the little white wax filter on the receiver.
Have you had your ears checked for wax build up recently?
@billgem: I agree with you, Bill - this seems the most likely cause of failure…
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I’ve had at least one battery sitting in the open battery door for more than 24hrs and another out for 12hrs.
Sorry is this is gross… This needs to be changed in this condition?
I would suggest changing it to see if it changes anything.
Changed it; still no start-up sound.
You should take it into your audiologist for them to take a closer look at it