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| I have a pair of ITEs. When I go on amusement park rides, e.g.,
coasters or spin rides, I always take them off "just in case". Do I
really have to? What's the possibility that they might fly out?
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| Wayne Boatwright 2005-06-27, 9:54 am |
| On Fri 24 Jun 2005 01:51:50p, M wrote in alt.support.hearing-loss:
> I have a pair of ITEs. When I go on amusement park rides, e.g.,
> coasters or spin rides, I always take them off "just in case". Do I
> really have to? What's the possibility that they might fly out?
Likely enough to warrant you removing them. I have a pair of CICs and
generally remove them. Spinning rides can temporarily effect air pressure
as well as just simply slinging you around enough to loosen them.
Why be sorry?
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Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
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What about BTEs? I have lost one passing under a tree (and spent a few
hectic mintutes rooting around in the undergrowth to find it). Also I
recall sitting on a small helicopter sightseeing in Autralia's
spectacular Kimberlies - I say 'on' because the passengers were out in
the open - not in a cabin. The air blast would have removed my hearing
aids and I could not risk removing them manually - they are fiddly
things. So I spent the trip enjoying the scenery and with both hands
protecting my hearing aids.
People with BTEs need to be aware of just how tenuous their link to
their expensive hearing aids is - just short lengths of plastic tubing.
If CICs are at risk just be glad you don't have BTEs.
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| Wayne Boatwright 2005-06-27, 9:54 am |
| On Sun 26 Jun 2005 12:50:35a, Ken wrote in alt.support.hearing-loss:
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> What about BTEs? I have lost one passing under a tree (and spent a few
> hectic mintutes rooting around in the undergrowth to find it). Also I
> recall sitting on a small helicopter sightseeing in Autralia's
> spectacular Kimberlies - I say 'on' because the passengers were out in
> the open - not in a cabin. The air blast would have removed my hearing
> aids and I could not risk removing them manually - they are fiddly
> things. So I spent the trip enjoying the scenery and with both hands
> protecting my hearing aids.
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> People with BTEs need to be aware of just how tenuous their link to
> their expensive hearing aids is - just short lengths of plastic tubing.
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> If CICs are at risk just be glad you don't have BTEs.
To be sure, BTEs are at even greater risk.
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| Bill M 2005-06-27, 9:54 am |
| If you wear hearing aids, you are too old to go on rides! You should sit in
a rocking chair and complain loudly.
Just kidding. If you an live an active life, use blue BTE. Nothing can
disloge blue BTE. Anything that can take out a blue hearing aid will most
likely also take out the rider. Open-cockpit aircraft are and exception.
Bill M
"M" <orgenmm@juno.com> wrote in message
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>I have a pair of ITEs. When I go on amusement park rides, e.g.,
> coasters or spin rides, I always take them off "just in case". Do I
> really have to? What's the possibility that they might fly out?
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| I can't see why the colour of your aids makes them more secure. But I
would have thought, before I saw this thread, that nothing short of
decapitation would remove CICs.
So maybe i'll buy some blue paint.
Back to my recliner.
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| Wayne Boatwright 2005-06-27, 9:54 am |
| On Sun 26 Jun 2005 04:48:24p, Bill M wrote in alt.support.hearing-loss:
> If you wear hearing aids, you are too old to go on rides! You should
> sit in a rocking chair and complain loudly.
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> Just kidding. If you an live an active life, use blue BTE. Nothing can
> disloge blue BTE. Anything that can take out a blue hearing aid will
> most likely also take out the rider. Open-cockpit aircraft are and
> exception.
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> Bill M
What is "blue BTE"? Surely not just a color.
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| Bill M 2005-06-27, 9:54 am |
| Blue is just a color, my favorite. People do play basketball wearing BTE,
and the color doesn't seem to matter. But that's at night.
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> What is "blue BTE"? Surely not just a color.
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| pellmellwillynilly@hotmail.com 2005-07-03, 12:28 pm |
| Where do you put them once they're off that's safer than in your ears?
A pocket isn't safe on a roller coaster or spin ride?
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| Wayne Boatwright 2005-07-03, 12:28 pm |
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> Where do you put them once they're off that's safer than in your ears?
> A pocket isn't safe on a roller coaster or spin ride?
When I go to amusement parks or fairs, I always wear a small "fanny pack"
that has a zip closure. I pop my HAs into their pouch and the pouch into the
fanny pack. The fanny pack is also waterproof.
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| In an earlier post to this thread I described sitting in a small
helicopter which had the passengers lined up in the open like a fun
ride. I became worried about my aids and all I could do was place my
hands over my ears. if I had removed the aids they would have blown
away. After that experience I always remove them before doing anything
like that.
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| Ajax Jones 2005-08-01, 5:58 pm |
| I have the behind the ear sort and I do fear they may be whipped off someday
by a blast of wind!
When I store them in my pocket I have used for years now a small cylindrical
plastic case of the sort that 35 mm photo film comes in. About an inch and a
half high one inch in diameter with a snap on water tight top. Camera shops
used to have dozens of them lying around. My aids, extra batteries and a
wire cleaner all fit nicely inside, with a wad of cotton to prevent
jiggling.
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| Where do you put them once they're off that's safer than in your ears?
| A pocket isn't safe on a roller coaster or spin ride?
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