Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
I wear behind the ear hearing aids. The receiver of the one in my right ear stays in the ear canal with no problem. The receiver of the left one comes out of my ear in ten or fifteen minutes. That's how often I have to reach up and push it back into my ear. Sometimes it comes completely out of my ear without me noticing, so that the hearing aid is just hanging over my ear. Twice recently when this happened, I brushed off the hearing aid with my glasses so that it fell on the floor (or in the driveway). Not good.
I have tried different sized domes, both shorter and longer wire between the unit and the receiver, changed the shape of that wire---pretty much all the standard things that can be done for the problem. I read online about something called tulip domes, but the hearing aid specialist at Costco said that they're not available for Phonak hearing aids. The next step is to have a custom made mold for the receiver to make it fit snugly in the ear canal. This costs $40, so it's not expensive if it works, but more than I want to pay if it doesn't. Does anybody have experience with this solution? Any other suggestions? Thanks.
Stan
I have tried different sized domes, both shorter and longer wire between the unit and the receiver, changed the shape of that wire---pretty much all the standard things that can be done for the problem. I read online about something called tulip domes, but the hearing aid specialist at Costco said that they're not available for Phonak hearing aids. The next step is to have a custom made mold for the receiver to make it fit snugly in the ear canal. This costs $40, so it's not expensive if it works, but more than I want to pay if it doesn't. Does anybody have experience with this solution? Any other suggestions? Thanks.
Stan