What happens if there is an emergency in the middle of the night and you don't have your hearing aids in?
- Store extra batteries for hearing aids in an emergency kit, along with a spare hearing aid, if you're fortunate enough to have one.
- ALWAYS store your hearing aids in an consistent, convenient and secure place so you know exactly where there are in a moment of panic. If you're in a rush to get out of your house you need to be able to locate them easily. Imagine not being able to hear well during and following a major disaster.
- Make sure that the smoke alarms in your home are audible to you without your hearing aids. You can also install visual smoke alarms to help alert you of an emergency. Also, make sure at least one alarm is battery operated.
- Keep paper and pens with your emergency kit just in case you are forced to communicate without your hearing aids.
- Enlist the help of family, friends and neighbors to check in on you in the event of threatening weather. Or set you phone up to get text alerts from a local news station or weather center. You may not be aware an evacuation has been ordered or a tornado alarm has sounded, and this can help ensure that you won't be left surprised by severe weather.
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