My hearing aid has slipped into the windscreen vent of my fabia. Can I get it out and if not, will it be dangerous when it warms up as it has a battery in it? 

Thanks

Do you have some strong magnets around, somewhere?

Perhaps disassemble an old pair of earphones and use the little magnet from that, glued to a piece of string?

Thank you, I'll try that. 

Do you mean the vent right at the front? Be aware there is also a bit of a gap where it could have slipped down the dash, not the actual vent

Yes, the vent that clears the windscreen. I'm going to have a try with a magnet tomorrow so fingers crossed. Thank you for your reply. 

I think you may have lost it, the air doesn't get hot enough to damage the battery and the cost of removing the entire dash to retrieve it is prohibitive.

 

Buy another one.

Thank you. I'm going to try with a magnet today but I think you may be right. 

Have you seen the price of hearing aids?  

5 minutes ago, mrgf said:

Have you seen the price of hearing aids?  

 

Is it more than having the entire dash and heater plenum professionally removed and refitted?

 

Because that's the choice, personally I'd rather buy a brand new and improved hearing aid rather than trying to recover the old one.

May be worth taking out he pollen filter and fan to see if it's worked it's way down that far.  We had a funny rattling noise in our a long time ago and it was a parking ticket that had fallen down the screen vent but had reached the fan and was rattling against the blades

you need to look with a mirror first "imo" as you make knock it further down by just probing with a magnet.........

 

PS how did it get down there anyway, left on dash whislt driving ?

 

Edited 17 January, 20215 yr by UrbanPanzer

I've just tried and my hearing aids are only very slightly attracted by a strong magnet. So if that fails I would try skomaz's suggestion of removing the pollen filter under the dash (dead easy), finding a few bumpy traffic calming road bumps and then performing a few tight turns to see if you can encourage the thing to fall out, all this in an empty car park of course.

I have NHS hearing aids and lost one in a gale a few years ago. They replaced it free without issue.  

IF IT'S AN EXPENSIVE ONE IT MIGHT BE COVERED BY YOUR INSURANCE!

Of the cost of the hearing aid is anything like my mother-in-law's it'll be more than the value of the car!

£2-3 thou for a decent set.  Even more although you can buy just one, if neccessary!

Edited 19 January, 20215 yr by mrgf