Flying with hearing aids

[NC State]

Our daughter is going with us this year to WDW. She wears hearing aids, will SW make her take them off to go through security? This will be her first time flying so I'm trying to get her prepared on what will happen through security.

 

[Gary M]

DW wears hearing aids and has never been asked to remove them at the airport.

 

[MagicalMawMaw]

I've never removed mine when I went though security.

I'm one of those "lucky" people that make it beep sometimes & I've even asked if it might be the hearing aids & they said no.

 

[DebbieB]

Our daughter is going with us this year to WDW. She wears hearing aids, will SW make her take them off to go through security? This will be her first time flying so I'm trying to get her prepared on what will happen through security.

TSA runs security, not the airlines.

If they are plastic, they should not set the metal detector off.

 

[Pinnie]

NO problem with hearing aides at all. We fly a lot and dh has never had to take them out!

 

[ShelsGoingToDisney]

I wear in the canal aides and I have never had to take them out or had any issues at all in any airport I've flown through. Last week I went through MCO and for the first time had to do the X-ray scanner. I asked the TSA lady before my turn if I needed to take them out or anything and she said no and I had no issues.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

what about blue tooths? (after all, it is a type of hearing aid)

 

[NC State]

TSA runs security, not the airlines.

If they are plastic, they should not set the metal detector off.

Airlines are ruled by TSA, so I would think they would know. Aids are plastic on the outside but inside they are just like a watch.

 

[ShelsGoingToDisney]

what about blue tooths? (after all, it is a type of hearing aid)

Personally as a hearing impaired person I would not categorize a bluetooth as anywhere near a "hearing aid". Hearing aids allow HI people to hear better as glasses or wheelchairs do for others. Bluetooths are a convenience item, you don't NEED them to hear while going through security! I would be highly surprised if a TSA person let you keep one on.

 

[minnie mum]

what about blue tooths? (after all, it is a type of hearing aid)

Now that's just being ridiculous. A hearing aid is a medical device. A blu tooth is a phone accessory and would be treated as such.

My DH has worn hearing aids (both external and internal types) for many years and has never had a problem at security. They have never set off alarms or triggered a secondary search.

A blu tooth OTH- security would probably make you remove it before you went thru the initial scanner. If they didn't make you remove it for some reason, I'll just bet it would set it off.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

i wonder if you could put your phone on speaker and send it through the scanner and converse while going through security?

 

[ShelsGoingToDisney]

i wonder if you could put your phone on speaker and send it through the scanner and converse while going through security?

I know you are just trying to be humorous and maybe you don't realize you are being a bit offensive to those of us who have to wear hearing aids but you are.

 

[NYDisneyKid]

forgive me, i recant my my statement about a blue tooth being a "type of hearing device".

 

[macraven]

I wear BTE hearing aids and it has never been an issue going thru security.

 

[Pluto.AuD]

Hearing aids and cochlear implants can be worn through security and may also remain on the entire flight.

 

[tjmw2727]

TSA.gov is a great resource prior to flying -

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/editorial_1380.shtm
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"It is not necessary to remove hearing aids or the exterior component of a cochlear implant at security checkpoints. "