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All the words listed below are hidden in the puzzle. They
may be written backwards, forwards, upwards, diagonally or
downwards. As you find each word, circle each letter in the
word. When you have found all the words, the leftover
letters spell the mystery words.
Solution: 11 letters (7,4).
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Acoustic
Act
Anvil
Auditory
Australian
Batteries
Bell
Calibrate
Case
Clap
Cochlea
Digital
Ear
Gain
Goal
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Power
Radio
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Say
Set
Siren
Soft
Study
Tab
Tech
Trust
Try
Use
See page 22 for answers.
Makinghearingaidsfun
By Julie Stumer, Australian Hearing District Manager, Hervey Bay.
We all know that sometimes children
need a little bit of extra encouragement
to wear their hearing aids. Luckily, there
are many colour options for behind-theear
hearing aids and earmoulds that
allow children to choose their favourites,
making them a bit more fun to wear.
Bernafon hearing aids have cases in red
and purple. Siemens hearing aids come
in red, yellow, blue, green and clear (so
you can see the insides!). Most earmoulds
can also be made in a variety of colours,
from “cool blue” to fluoro pink – your
audiologist can show you a colour chart
when you next have impressions taken.
You can either match the colour of the
hearing aid or choose a contrasting
colour – some children choose their
favourite colours while others even
co-ordinate with their school uniform!
Children can also decorate their aids with
small stickers, like Santas around Christmas
or eggs at Easter time! Alcohol wipes will
easily remove any stickiness left over once
stickers are removed.
The cochlear implant ESPrit 3G speech
processor comes in a range of base
colours (black, brown, silver and beige).
Each processor also comes with a range
of colourful battery covers.
Bone conduction hearing aids are fitted when someone cannot wear
something in their ear, for example, someone with no ear canals or
chronic discharging ears. The arrangement involves a small vibrator
which has to be pressed against the bone behind the ear, usually by a
tight headband. This vibrator, or bone conductor, is then attached to
a hearing aid. Bone conductor hearing aids can sometimes be
difficult to keep on small heads but here are some fun solutions that
families and audiologists have come up with…
Bone conductor in a colourful
headband.
Jerusha Foley looks smart in her
“hearing cap”.
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