My friend Chris is a hearing aid specialist in Orlando, Fla. He was interviewed about high pitches from the devices, because an 86 year old woman was attacked by the family's dachshund-(lab?) mix after the hearing aid fell to the ground and let out a sharp high-pitched tone earlier this week.
WHY WOULD THE DOG ATTACK THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND (i.e. the woman)? It's a natural reaction. People would do the same thing. What's worse for the canine is that a dog's hearing is MUCH more acute than in humans. So, if a high pitch irritates a human, it's magnified to a dog. Dogs are irritated by them, and some howl to cover it up, others try to stop it. I think this is the case with what happened with this little dog. The dog lunged at the source of the sound to get it to stop. Dogs only react to their environment. The dog is not responsible for naturally behaving in a manner to cease the piercing and painful noise. This is a good lesson for people with hearing aids to be aware of.
Here's the video: http://www.wftv.com/video/18847074/index.html
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