| Michael Ridenhour 2006-08-12, 2:24 am |
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"Ken" <kkerrison@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> This is a problem I have never experienced - probably because I have
> always had hard acrylic ear molds. Someone posted recently that some
> soft molds tend to compost.
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> I don't know how it would work with your type of aid, but check if hard
> molds/inserts are available.
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> Recently when my molds were renewed after about 17 years to reduce
> feedback the audilogist supplied soft ones, believing they were better
> against feedback. I had to pay to have them replaced with adrylic ones
> and these are just as effective against feedback, just as comfortable
> and a Hell of a lot easier to insert and remove.
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> What I am suggesting is that the problem may not be so much in the ear
> environment as in the material from which the molds are made.
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Not to mention the odor when cerumen and sweat invade the miniscule cracks
in the silicone and begin to smell after a while.
Michael
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