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In alt.support.hearing-loss Steve Crane <craniac@cidev.com> wrote:
> My wife has a very old (9 or 10 years) Starkey pocket aid that is
> faulty due to one of the fine wires from the microphone becoming
> disconnected.  It can apparently not be repaired by anyone here in
> South Africa nad they are talking about sending it to the US, which is
> obviously not really viable cost-wise.

> However I work with a bunch of electronic engineers and they say they
> could fix it if I can find a schematic or some other indication of
> where the wire needs to be reconnected.

> Can anyone provide info that might help me find this?

Have you thought of writing to Starkey and asking them?
And, IF you're able to open the thing up without further damaging
it, you probably can tell where the break occured by looking for a
matching stub of metal. Even if the wire had been soldered, the break
will be visible as looking different from the solder. You should have
a microscope handy or a good eye-loupe or magnifying glass. Also,
to fix it, you'll need a fine-point pliers (needle-nose) and a fine tip
on your soldering iron. You might be able to get a jewelry repair person
with those tools who might even do the work for you.

Good luck!

Howard 

-- 
Howard Moss 
howard_moss@agilent.com
Rohnert Park, CA

Many heaing airds companies will paid for the mailing. See if your wife's
hearing aid still have the warranty.
Or try an European hearing aid company. Many are quite good. I used to have
Phoenix.
Mike Yared

Steve Crane wrote in message <3c4691c0.2033843@news.is.co.za>...
>My wife has a very old (9 or 10 years) Starkey pocket aid that is
>faulty due to one of the fine wires from the microphone becoming
>disconnected.  It can apparently not be repaired by anyone here in
>South Africa nad they are talking about sending it to the US, which is
>obviously not really viable cost-wise.
>
>However I work with a bunch of electronic engineers and they say they
>could fix it if I can find a schematic or some other indication of
>where the wire needs to be reconnected.
>
>Can anyone provide info that might help me find this?
>
>Thanks.
>--
>Steve Crane
>http://craniac.daveworld.org

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Perhaps you could ask them ?
http://www.starkey.com/contact/index.html

Marc.

Add a heat sink for the mike if the wire came off close to it... I was told
a tech must do a thousand practice joints before they are trusted to do a
"live mike" because a slight rise in the temperature due to soldering will
RUIN the mike.
Tom


"Howard M Moss" <hmoss@soco.agilent.com> wrote in message
news:1011301862.177700@cswreg.cos.agilent.com...
> In alt.support.hearing-loss Steve Crane <craniac@cidev.com> wrote:
<snipped>>
> Have you thought of writing to Starkey and asking them?
> And, IF you're able to open the thing up without further damaging
> it, you probably can tell where the break occured by looking for a
> matching stub of metal. Even if the wire had been soldered, the break
> will be visible as looking different from the solder. You should have
> a microscope handy or a good eye-loupe or magnifying glass. Also,
> to fix it, you'll need a fine-point pliers (needle-nose) and a fine tip
> on your soldering iron. You might be able to get a jewelry repair person
> with those tools who might even do the work for you.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Howard
>
> --
> Howard Moss
> howard_moss@agilent.com
> Rohnert Park, CA