- In this video, I'm showing you how much moisture
is really inside your hearing aids, coming up.
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Hi guys, Cliff Olson, Doctor of Audiology
and founder of Applied Hearing Solutions
in Phoenix, Arizona.
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So how much water is an acceptable amount of water
inside of your laptop,
or how 'bout your tablet,
or maybe even your smartphone?
Well, the correct answer, of course, is zero,
zip, zilch, nada.
Well, how much water is an acceptable amount of water
inside of your hearing aids?
Well, the answer is exactly the same amount,
and that is none.
Moisture is one of the leading causes
of hearing aid malfunctions,
and it doesn't take a cannonball into the pool
or a blast from your shower head
to completely kill your devices.
In fact, it only takes a half microliter,
which is 1/100th of a drop of water
in order to reduce the amount of amplification
from your hearing aids by up to 30 decibels,
which is a massive reduction.
Not to mention the consistent exposure of a hearing aid
to moisture day after day,
month after month, year after year,
is absolutely horrible for overall hearing aid performance,
due to things like corrosion,
like you can see here in this photo,
and something that we call microphone drift.
Microphone drift occurs when something
like debris or moisture
impacts the sensitivity of your hearing aid microphones.
This causes hearing aid performance to decline over time,
particularly in background noise situations,
in which a hearing aid relies on timing differences
between the front and rear microphones
in order for critical features like directionality to work.
And even though electric microphones
are starting to be replaced
by more moisture-resistant silicone MEMS microphones,
microphone drift is still a concern
with long-term exposure to moisture.
So here's the $7,000 question:
How much moisture do you consistently have
inside of your hearing aids?
One microliter, two microliters, 10 microliters?
What, you don't know?
Well, a company called Redux, today's video sponsor,
is changing this.
The Redux Professional Dehydration System
allows your hearing care professional
to remove every last speck of moisture
out of your hearing aids.
It doesn't matter
whether you drench your hearing aids in sweat,
get caught in a rainstorm,
jump into the pool, accidentally get into the shower,
or expose your hearing aids to moisture
by simply wearing them all day every day.
The Redux does this by creating a vacuum,
which drops the boiling point of water
from 212 degrees down to 98 degrees Fahrenheit.
This allows the drying chamber
to gently evaporate the moisture,
getting even the most saturated hearing aids dry
within only 12 1/2 minutes,
which is critical when trying to save
electronic devices exposed to water.
And it doesn't just get some of the water out;
it gets all of the water out.
Because even as little as one microliter of moisture,
like you can see here in this image,
is the equivalent of three bathtubs worth of water
dumped on the floor of your house.
But here's the kicker:
You know how I asked you how much moisture
is inside of your hearing aids?
Well, your hearing care professional
can actually measure the amount of moisture
that is being pulled out of your devices,
so they can tell you how often
you need to get your devices dehydrated.
Now I don't know about you,
but if I'm gonna be spending thousands of dollars
on a set of hearing aids,
I'm gonna do everything in my power
to ensure that those hearing aids
are performing at their best
for as long as humanly possible.
Data shows that hearing care providers
using the Redux system are removing moisture
from 98% of the hearing aids that they treat,
and 77% of those hearing aids
come out of the Redux machine
performing better than when they went in,
and this includes dead devices,
which means that the Redux
is literally bringing hearing aids back from the dead.
Since using the Redux system in my clinic,
I check every single one
of my patient's hearing aid moisture content
at every follow-up visit
so I can confidently recommend the appropriate regimen
of preventative moisture management,
both at home and in the clinic.
Knowing how much moisture you have
inside of your hearing aids
isn't just a good idea.
It could help you prevent
against moisture-related issues,
which can turn into bigger problems down the road
with performance and longevity of your devices.
Now don't get me wrong, water is great,
just not when it's inside of your electronic devices,
and especially when those devices
cost you thousands of dollars.
So I'm gonna ask you this question again.
How much moisture do you have
inside of your hearing aids?
And if you don't know the answer to that question,
it might be time for you to find
a hearing care professional who uses the Redux.
Now guys, if you wanna learn more
about the Redux Professional Dehydration System,
make sure that you check out their website, REDUX.com,
which I will also link in the description.
That's it for this video.
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