Series: Einstein Medical Halacha

Venue: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Gemara:

Shabbat 

Halacha:

Contemporary Issues,  Health,  Science & Medicine,  Shabbat 

Collections: R' Shimmy Steinmetz Medical Halacha

Description

Is someone who has hearing loss considered a choleh? Is closing the battery door on a hearing aid, which will cause feedback, a problem on shabbos? Is placing a cochlear implant on shabbos a violation of a melacha? Is changing the volume with modern hearing aids different than the way it used to be?