@loribmt and @julieo4

When I was wearing analog aids and living in New York my hair was long…shoulder length. I remember getting static electricity when I removed a woolen hat or my hair swished back and forth against my ears. I would hear a crackling noise that was temporary and sometimes feel a sensation when I touched my hair. It didn’t happen all the time and it had to be really dry air.

Static electricity can occur when two objects are rubbed together . If I remember right it was due to an imbalance of ions. Anyway, 40 something years later and living in Florida and wearing digital aids, it is rare that I have experienced static electricity and can only remember a few times I got a “shock”. It would seem to me that CIs , having more electronics than hearing aids, might be sensitive to static electricity but I know of no one who has ever mentioned it.

I never connected the possibility of interference because nothing ever happened to my aids .
Over thanksgiving my son (who wears aids) had static electricity on his shirt and we were trying to rub dryer sheets over the material. So, I don’t think , especially with how sophisticated aids and CIs are today, that this would be an issue. If it was, we would be hearing more about it.

My thoughts …FL Mary