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Do You Wear Your Hearing Aids to the Dentist or Not - and Other Places You Avoid Wearing Your HA's?

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I had some dental work done in Mexico just last week. I decided that with my current style I was fairly safe to leave them in. However, I would not have done that with AIE type.

I take them out when in the cinema. Movies are very loud in Aust.

I wore my ’s to a regular dental check up and cleaning. They were no problem. She just used the low speed polishing tool and it was not very loud. This said, I have read that high frequency hearing loss is not uncommon for dentists due to the noise the drill makes. I find the mute switch on mine handy for situations where I don’t want to be bothered to take them out, but want them turned off. If I was having work that needed the high speed drill I would turn them off.

In reply to @1Bluejay

Funny.
I have to get within a few inches of a smoke alarm to hear it. My wife is usually running around with her hands over her ears until the test ends.
My tinnitus is louder than the alarm, 24/7 365 days a week. Only people from this forum understand.

Just realized this is an old thread.

This is an old topic but since it popped up in my feed I’ll answer. I went to the dentist yesterday for a routine cleaning and left mine in for the 1st time. I have always taken them out before because of the polisher thingy. But I never had the option of muting them before. With my aids now I can control them with my phone app. Turn them up or down together,or separately or mute them altogether. I just hit mute,when she got finished I turned them back up,to talk to the dentist. :grinning:

I have had a great dental work of my life for the last two years. My prosthodontist pulled out 4 teeth and three old bridges. I also had two root canals, and a gum surgery. At the end I got three dental implants, and a few new bridges. I now go to dentist’s for routine cleanings.

All this times, with different dental specialists: a prosthodontist, three periodontists, a endodontist, and a dental hygienist, I wore my hearing aids. It helps me communicate with them. I don’t see any adverse effects of wearing hearing aids during the dental works. It rather help me communicate with them. I know what they are doing and when to open or close my mouth.

My eldest daughter is an endodontist that did my root canal work. We had never discussed if I should wear hearing aids or not during the treatment.

I never take my aids out when in the dentist chair. I would not hear anything. It is hard enough to understand what the dentist is saying with the masks on.

Like others here, I keep mine in. I have a hard enough time hearing what the hygienist is saying with them in, it would be hopeless if I took them out.

Bob

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Dentist - Wear my for cleanings. Root canals or fillings I might remove them because of the drill sound and extra water. I need to hear their commands (open, close, chin up, bite down, etc). If it weren’t for that they would be out. Hate when hygienist is yacking at me when cleaning my teeth. I can’t respond and I feel so vulnerable I just want to get it over with. LOL…

Haircut - Remove them. This gives me good excuse not to have to make small talk with the barber. Especially a male barber. I’m just not comfortable regardless of sex due to invasion of personal space. So would rather not chat.

In reply to @Roberto

My dentist has the nasty habit of yelling on the top of his voice when he sees me wearing hearing aids. I remind him to please just talk slowly and precisely since yelling louder is always counter-productive. But he insists on me wearing them since from time to time he wants to tell me something or ask a question.

@Gramps said:

My dentist has the nasty habit of yelling on the top of his voice when he sees me wearing hearing aids.

Perhaps he needs hearing aids. Hearing loss for dentists is an occupational hazard.

The only times I don’t wear them is when getting a haircut and exam or other medical procedures. Also when doing yard work in hot weather. My ears must sweat in hot weather and i guess my receivers short out from moisture. A few hours of drying out and they are good to go again.

On similar note really I have wondered about using aids while am practising playing violin. If don’t use I can’t tell properly if am in tune and my hearing hasn’t had any significant change since can remember. I only ask as was recently told I shouldn’t use aids and maybe use earplug in left ear to prevent further loss. I’ve been playing since age 9 and was difficult as hearing loss dips down in mid frequency so without aids I can’t tell if something sounds ok. It don’t sound loud to me but just wondered if I should maybe not use em. Thanks :heart_eyes_cat::paw_prints:

I don’t wear my hearing aids when I’m doing yard work or exercising outdoors. I don’t want the salt from my perspiration to ruin them.

And of course, if I’m swimming, taking a shower or doing anything else that will get them drenched, I don’t wear them.

Other than that, they are on all day, no matter what I’m doing.

I use Oticon’s with . With the little remote device, I can discretely turn them down in noisy environments, so they act like ear plugs to keep loud sounds out of my ears.

I’ve had a lot of practice with sound level meters, so I know about what 85dba feels like.

So if I get to a place where the sounds are too loud or uncomfortable, instead of taking them out, I just turn them down.

I have my hearing aids always in as least as it is necessary to take them out. For communication I have interpreter/ deafblind assistance.

Hi. In these situations, I would let them know i have hearing aids I’ll need to take them out during the appointment (once they start work) due to the volume. Would you be able to hear them ok without them?

I find sometimes when I lie back they make a fuzzy noise, so I tend to take them out for those sort of things. In the city I take them out to due to noises like construction and so on.

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