Hearing loss support - Ear-molds and moisture

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Ear-molds and moisture

John Luke Mills

2004-12-15, 7:03 pm

It seems that my ears sweat a lot. Starting with freshly cleaned ears and
clean Lucite ear-molds my ears are quite wet and smelly in as little as 3
hours. My ears become an ideal growing place for microbes; warm and wet.

This factor, along with comfort, vanity, and sound quality have set me on a
search for alternative ear-molds. I am impressed with what the ResoundAIR
uses instead of an ear-mold, but I want to see what else is out there for
other BTE aids.

The first thing I tried was modifying a Comply Snap Tip.

http://lloydhearingaid.com/accessories/snaptips.cfm

All I did was cut off most of the foam disc. This produced a very open fit
with lots of open air beside the tip. This was pretty good in a lot of ways,
but it also smelled after two days. It seems what is left of the foam become
warms and wet.

I am currently trying the Lloyds core and tubing with the right angle bend

http://lloydhearingaid.com/accessor...reandtubing.cfm

With the extra-small mushroom insert on it.

http://lloydhearingaid.com/accessor...roomInserts.cfm

This also produces a very open fit with lots of air around the tip. (The
extra-small inserts are only 7mm in diameter.) The smell problem is under
control, but when I take the aids off at night there is condensation inside
the tube. Do I need to worry about this? I have been taking the tube off of
the hook before putting everything in a drying jar at night.

Any comments on any of this would be helpful. Do I need to put
anti-perspirant in my ears?

Harmonica Lover

2004-12-15, 7:03 pm

I can't resist.

KEEP A COOL HEAD!

Have a Great Day,
Jim

Stu-R

2004-12-15, 7:03 pm

If you don't already have it, you might also look into getting a
bottle of "Ear-Gene". cleaner for both ears and HAs. There are also
some non-occlusive earmolds that have very little surface inside the
ear. But they are all targeted to high frequency loss.

http://www.800ediminn.com/custom_earmolds.html

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:40:07 GMT, "John Luke Mills" <jl@pobox.com>
wrote:

>It seems that my ears sweat a lot. Starting with freshly cleaned ears and
>clean Lucite ear-molds my ears are quite wet and smelly in as little as 3
>hours. My ears become an ideal growing place for microbes; warm and wet.
>
>This factor, along with comfort, vanity, and sound quality have set me on a
>search for alternative ear-molds. I am impressed with what the ResoundAIR
>uses instead of an ear-mold, but I want to see what else is out there for
>other BTE aids.
>
>The first thing I tried was modifying a Comply Snap Tip.
>
>http://lloydhearingaid.com/accessories/snaptips.cfm
>
>All I did was cut off most of the foam disc. This produced a very open fit
>with lots of open air beside the tip. This was pretty good in a lot of ways,
>but it also smelled after two days. It seems what is left of the foam become
>warms and wet.
>
>I am currently trying the Lloyds core and tubing with the right angle bend
>
>http://lloydhearingaid.com/accessor...reandtubing.cfm
>
>With the extra-small mushroom insert on it.
>
>http://lloydhearingaid.com/accessor...roomInserts.cfm
>
>This also produces a very open fit with lots of air around the tip. (The
>extra-small inserts are only 7mm in diameter.) The smell problem is under
>control, but when I take the aids off at night there is condensation inside
>the tube. Do I need to worry about this? I have been taking the tube off of
>the hook before putting everything in a drying jar at night.
>
>Any comments on any of this would be helpful. Do I need to put
>anti-perspirant in my ears?
>
>

Harmonica Lover

2004-12-15, 7:03 pm

I'm sorry, I can't resist.

KEEP A COOL HEAD!!!

Have a Great Day,
Jim

John Luke Mills

2004-12-15, 7:03 pm

Thanks for the pointer on Ear-Gene. I will give it a try.

I should search out someone to do better ear-molds.
The stuff at edminn.com might work for me.
My loss is entirely high frequency.

"Stu-R" <stu-r@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:kurur097d2161h70rduguhlfptvugkcpl1@4ax.com...
> If you don't already have it, you might also look into getting a
> bottle of "Ear-Gene". cleaner for both ears and HAs. There are also
> some non-occlusive earmolds that have very little surface inside the
> ear. But they are all targeted to high frequency loss.
>
>
> http://www.800ediminn.com/custom_earmolds.html
>