Soooo… it’s 94° outside today and I’ve been nagged to clean out the pool cleaner, so for my lunch break I go out and jump into the pool to clean the cleaner. As I come back inside, I realize what I’ve done… I went swimming with my Phonak Paradise P-90RT’s in my ears. So, now I’m going to have to hunt them (the pool cleaner probably “ate” them) and see if I can dry them out.
ANY HOPE?.. ANY ADVICE?
I’d pull out batteries (if you can)
I would check with your audiologist asap to see if they have a pro level dryer (Redux or similar)…one of those machines that pulls a vacuum and dries at the same time and get that going asap
even if they do, they are probably toast… chlorine and all.
I would think the only chance might be to thoroughly rinse with distilled water inside and out and completely dry them out with one of those vacuum desiccators.
I sure am sorry for you! Can totally see me doing it some day!
That was unfortunate @cottemar, but anyone could easily forget, the are probably kaput, but you might be lucky, who knows? I would dry them off as best as you can, stick them in an overnight hearing aid drier, or gently dry with a hair drier, fingers crossed…. Good Luck ……
Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry. I sometimes get in the shower then jump out quick when I realize I forgot to take them out / off. Geepers.
Do let us know how things develop!
I’ve had situations where I have gotten my aids wet. Like in a washing machine. Each incident brought the aids back to like after putting them in a hearing aid dryer. Not a clothes dryer. My main concern is long term damage to circuits metal connections ext. I might make an apt with the audiologist to have them looked at especially if they are still under warranty. Better safe then sorry
My thanks to everyone for the hopeful well-wishes… I fished them out of the pool… one was still on the bottom, one was IN the pool cleaner… I used the vacuum cleaner with the inflator tool (fine-point attachment) to suck at the microphone openings, hopefully removing as much as possible, and then put them in a small plastic container w/ a bunch of desiccant… we shall see. I will leave them there for a week or so before recharging them (they’re the P-90RT so no batteries to remove). More to come!!!
If they are under warranty, you can have your audiologist send them to Phonak too for a free clean/check.
I’ll repeat what I said. They’ll probably work. That doesn’t mean they’re ok
Even if they aren’t under warranty maybe your audiologist has a better dryer in their office that can save them from damage.
It looks like your hearing aids are rechargeable. These aids are sealed and are very water resistant. I suspect you will be ok. Worse case, you will just need to replace the receivers.
I know this heartbreak. I have gotten my similar KS9s very wet, and they work fine. They have a certain level of waterproofing. Best of luck.
Update… thanx for all y’alls encouragement… they’re still in the desiccant box… figured I’d give them a couple of days… i do have some extra receivers I can replace with. Re: them being under warranty and such… they are as per the software, BUT… I’m a 100% DIY guy… have never seen an audiologist except when I took my elderly (93) daddy to his appointments & just watched what he did. So, warranty is not a concern… these are my fav pair, but I have probably half a dozen pair of backups… Phonak & Unitron… all rechargables.
Anywhoo… we’ll see what happens after a few days and I’ll update again.
The KS10 Kirkland aids, are IP 68 water resistant. The same is likely on the Paradise. Good luck!
IP68 indicates that the hearing aid is water resistant and dust tight. It survived continuous immersion in 1 meter of water for 60 minutes and 8 hours in a dust chamber as per the IEC60529 standard.
Wearing my Phonaks this morning!!! Thus far, no difficulties… didn’t replace receivers… YAY!!! So, in short, I dove into the pool wearing them, they fell out… stayed in the water for maybe an hour or so before I realized. I took them out, used a nozzle attachment on the vacuum cleaner to suck out as much water as possible, and put them in a box w/ a lot of desiccant for 3 days. Working fine.
Brilliant @cottemar, who’s a lucky boy 
Good to hear they’re working. I went in the pool about 2 months ago with my M90s. I purchased them on eBay, so no warranty. I didn’t vacuum them, but did put new desiccant in my charger. At first they were fine, but after about 2 weeks, I started getting static in my left HA. After a week, it got so bad I couldn’t wear it. I just received new LP90s (they’re water resistant), but while I was waiting on them, I tried the M90s again, and the static was gone. The LED no longer works, so I’m sure there’s some issues still, but they were definitely useable. That said, I’m looking forward to the LP90s.
Part of the problem with water damage is the corrosion as the water evaporates. For repairing of 2way radios, phones etc when someone did the pool dip, the techs would open the units up and spray down all the components with WD40. Then air blow the wd40 off as much as possible and follow that up with the dessicant drying. On the hearing aids, would be difficult to get the case open to get rid of the water, but spraying them down with wd40 might help in the process. wd40 is safe for electronics. no idea about the receivers though.
Either he’s not listening or he doesn’t care. They work. That’s all that matters
I would take them back if still under warranty since they may develop issues soon after the warranty expires. Murphys Law…
Are you sure? I wouldn’t recommend to use WD40 for HAs. It might clog the delicate pores of the mics cover-fabric.