welding with hearing aid

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I will be getting a hearing aid before long,and wonder if there will be any problems welding with my Millermatic 140 wearing my digital hearing aid....Drink a Guinness Draught....Millermatic 140Do you still rememberDecember's foggy freeze --when the ice thatclings on to your beard isscreaming agony.
Reply:Do you really need it to weld?Depending on your equipment, it might be a problem. I dont know.  You should use your own judgement and find a special place in the tool box for it when using HI Freq or whatever.Have a good day and turn up the radio if you have too.
Reply:I wouldn't worry about damaging it with the 140. Might wanna turn it down a bit although the MIG isn't loud. Make sure ya got a good set of ear muffs for grinding and cutting though.NickESAB CaddyTig 2200iPowermax 45MM140 (Sold)
Reply:With any inverter type of equipment, I never have my iPhone in my pocket.  I just don't want to take a risk and cause any possible damage to it.  I don't know how your hearing aids will work out.  Chances are however, they will be fine.Lincoln Power Mig 216Lincoln AC/DC-225/125Miller  625 X-Treme PlasmaMiller 211 Forney 95FI-A 301HF 91110Victor Journeyman O/PMilwaukee DaytonMakita  Baileigh NRA Life Member
Reply:Hearing aid in a workshop Not sure i'd want that i'd end up with a mega headache at the end of the day, OK if your working in an office, but in a workshop, with grinding, banging and everyone else should because they can't be heard ~ I'd leave it at home
Reply:Put a little bit more thought into it. The EM field from the machine may make popping or crackling sounds from the hearing aid. This is common when any speaker is close to one of those fields.NickESAB CaddyTig 2200iPowermax 45MM140 (Sold)
Reply:Well I rarely use my Cochlear Implants when welding.  Only time is when I am teaching someone or being taught.  Never had an issue with HF on inverters or transformers.    The only time I get buzzing is passing under hi voltage transmission lines or the security sensors in store entryways.  Same issue when I had hearing aids years ago.    I was teaching a member here a few weeks ago.   First time I ever heard the pop of dipping a tungsten as I was watching him weld...   The coils on my CI also attach exactly where the headband for my hood sits which makes it pretty much impossible to weld with them...Tiger Sales:  AHP Distributor    www.tigersalesco.comAHP200x; AHP 160ST; MM350P,  Spoolmatic 30A; Everlast PowerTig 185; Thermal Dynamics 60i plasma.  For Sale:  Cobra Mig 250 w/ Push-pull gun.  Lincoln Wirematic 250
Reply:I wear hearing aids. They are the digital behind the ear type. I have welded with them and have not harmed them. However if I am working in the shop on a job I remove them and use ear plugs. I do not like the shop noise and the hearing aids make it a whole lot louder. Years of working in shops without hearing protection is the reason I need hearing aids. There was no such thing as hearing protection when I started years ago. By the time I started using protection it was alredy too late. Also a red hot glob of slag or a bb in the ear would probably be the end of your hearing aid.
Reply:Thanks for the input guys...Drink a Guinness Draught....Millermatic 140Do you still rememberDecember's foggy freeze --when the ice thatclings on to your beard isscreaming agony.
Reply:My brother in law is a welder / industrial arts teacher.His expensive hearing aids seem to destroy speakers with regularity, at $150./ per speaker...
Reply:Originally Posted by Mr. MooseMy brother in law is a welder / industrial arts teacher.His expensive hearing aids seem to destroy speakers with regularity, at $150./ per speaker...
Reply:Originally Posted by GiddyWelderwhat kind of speakers?
Reply:Those look small compared to the ones I've had years ago....LOLDrink a Guinness Draught....Millermatic 140Do you still rememberDecember's foggy freeze --when the ice thatclings on to your beard isscreaming agony.
Reply:Originally Posted by Mr. MooseMy brother in law is a welder / industrial arts teacher.His expensive hearing aids seem to destroy speakers with regularity, at $150./ per speaker...
Reply:I dont weld every day, but have yet to have any problems with my aids.  If Im doing alot of work I do take them out, but dont worry about it when Im doing odd stuff, it just is more trouble than its worth to take them out and then put them back in.  Not to mention at $4k they are safer in my ears than they are laying around somewhere.I havent done any AC tig welding with them in, but have done some DC with an older transformer based machine and did not notice any interference.
Reply:Been welding and machining since 1976 with two hearing aids.  Never had a problem.  I can get about 8 years out of them.  The worst thing to do is paint with them on.
Reply:That's interesting to know,car....Drink a Guinness Draught....Millermatic 140Do you still rememberDecember's foggy freeze --when the ice thatclings on to your beard isscreaming agony.
Reply:Originally Posted by lhdmechI wear hearing aids. They are the digital behind the ear type. I have welded with them and have not harmed them. However if I am working in the shop on a job I remove them and use ear plugs. I do not like the shop noise and the hearing aids make it a whole lot louder. Years of working in shops without hearing protection is the reason I need hearing aids. There was no such thing as hearing protection when I started years ago. By the time I started using protection it was alredy too late. Also a red hot glob of slag or a bb in the ear would probably be the end of your hearing aid.