Phonak 050-0476-M8Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 07613275609798), received between Oct 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Communication or Transmission Problem” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryOct 1, 2024Communication or Transmission Problem; Output Problem; Communication or Transmission Problem; Output Problem

  SONOVA HAS RECEIVED A CLAIM THAT THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS HAPPENED IN 2022: AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE AREA OF THE ANTI THEFT ALARM SYSTEM IN A SHOPPING STORE, THE PATIENT (ADULT) EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE AND EXTEREME PAIN IN HER HEAD AND EARS AND A SHOCK DOWN ONE OF HER LEGS. THE HEARING AIDS WERE DAMAGED AND DUE TO THIS THE PATIENT SUFFERED A LOSS OF HEARING, CONFUSION AND DISORIENTATION. UPON EXITING THE STORE THROUGH ANOTHER ANTI THEFT ALARM SYSTEM, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES AGAIN AND SUFFERED FURTHER INTENSE HEAD AND EAR PAIN AND OTHER INJURIES.

  Patient problems: Acoustic Trauma; Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Anxiety; Brain Injury; Depression; Dizziness; Ear Pain; Nausea; Partial Hearing Loss; Tinnitus; Vertigo

  MAUDE report 20345507 ↗