A new hearing aid

Istiqlál (Independence), 17 Jamál (Beauty), 167 BE – Friday, May 14, 2010 about 3:23 PM Pacific Time

It's been a good week. On Thursday, we picked up Mom's new hearing aid and she is getting use to it. The first thing she noticed when we returned home was the refrigerator noise. Our fridge makes some rather odd noise, which Mom didn't notice before she began wearing the hearing aid.

I took the hearing aid out of her ear last night and then put it back in this morning. However, I think Mom is going to have to start putting in herself. Tonight I'm going to see if she can take it out, it isn't difficult to remove from her ear. The only problem may be finding the little handle that's used to pull it out. The other issue is getting it in her ear.

I had difficulty getting it in this morning. When the doctor put it in yesterday, he said to put a little baby oil in her ear to help it slide in easily. I bought the baby oil yesterday, but haven't been able to open the bottle. The baby oil bottle has a childproof cap and it's more difficult to get open then putting the hearing aid in Mom's ear.