Your hearing aids represent a significant investment in both time and money, so when you lose one, it can certainly be a stressful experience. While you may feel hopeless at first, there are steps you can take to try and find a lost hearing aid that may prove successful. Follow our tips below.
Stop in Your Tracks
As soon as you realize your hearing aid is missing, freeze, and tell everyone around you to do the same. Do a full body scan to see if your hearing aid is in your hair, shirt collar, hood or pocket, then check to see if it’s near your feet.
Retrace Your Steps
Revisit everywhere you’ve been since the last time you knew you had your hearing aid, following the same path you took. Spend extra time looking in spots where you took off a coat, hat or other layer of clothing.
Report It Missing
If you visited any businesses in the time between when you last had your hearing aid and when you realized it was missing, call them and let them know you lost your hearing aid, and it might be at their establishment. This way, they can keep an eye out for it, or maybe someone has already turned it into them. If you don’t hear back after a day or two, call again to check-in.
Use Your Hearing Aid Tracking App
If your hearing aids are compatible with an app, your smartphone might be able to tell you exactly where your hearing aid is or where it was when it was last connected to your phone via Bluetooth®.
How to access this information depends on what hearing manufacturer you have. Instructions may look similar to:
- Open the app.
- On the tab bar, tap “Hearing aids.”
- Tap “Find my hearing aids.”
Call Your Audiologist
Your audiologist can let you know if you have a one-time loss or damage warranty, and they can help you get your hearing aid replaced if you have this coverage. They can also tell you whether your hearing aids have a location feature that you can access with your smartphone.
To learn more or to schedule an appointment, call The Hearing & Speech Center today.
