Tag: Hearing Aids

World Hearing Day

I had a patient leave my office recently with tears in her eyes… I won’t get into the details, but she had been told on several occasions that there was “nothing that could be done” with her hearing aids to help improve her hearing. Out of desperation she had scheduled […]

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Ban on Hearing Aid Batteries Containing Mercury

In an effort to reduce the amount of mercury released into the environment, Canada has enacted the Products Containing Mercury Regulations SOR/2014-254. This regulation prohibits the manufacture and import of products containing mercury. Although this legislation has been in the works for quite some time, hearing aid batteries had been exempt […]

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