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I am taking another test because the hearing has changed since the surgery i had for my sinusitis. It went well but my hearing has since then dropped and the reason was wax! However after the wax came out I found I still have problems. My audiologist says that's because my ear canals are short...

Does anyone else get that stuffy or blocked feeling while wearing full ear moulds? I also keep finding mine need more adjustment. The right one keeps fading on me. Maybe i need a new one or just an adjustment. How long do warranties last for these? The other thing is it may need a cleaning. I...

I got new moulds today and they fit very nicely. I had that test where they play sound to learn where you hear at with the hearing aids on. It was so weird! My machine i was hooked to talked about carrots. not too terribly loud and the cool thing was i could see how i hear when it was talking...

I find my hearing aids fall over my ears on a regular basis. Are these 'hearing aid retainers' as many call them worth the purchase and do adults wear them as well when doing activities that are more than active where the hearing aids might fall out? It is getting to the warmer temperatures out...

I get ready for the day and then start by wearing my right one. Once that one is warmed up I get the right one in. It is a pain because the right one keeps making feed back. I have two so I get the left one in after I wear my right one for a while. Then I take them out when I know it's not...

Two weeks til my yearly test! Despite the fact the aids are producing feed back and need new moulds I still wear them. The dizzy spells still continue but we'll find out what's going on there and that's a different story. I am now noticing this: when i hear sounds i can almost feel that through...

I'm losing hearing more in my right ear. Should I ask my local audiologist if they can do diagnostic testing for it? i had an ABR done once 2 years ago by an incompetent doctor and he didn't provide me by answers. Have any of ya had this test done as adults to find out what is going on? Can an...

I am getting new hearing aid moulds. They are still orange, love the orange. The reason i need 'em (the new ones) is because the hearing aid itself is making a lot of feed back, way more than it should and they are very uncomfortable to when i first had them. I can still wear the old ones for...

I have encountered more hearing loss from sinusitis and when i asked the receptionist to make an appointment to get that checked she refused and said it might be the hearing aids need cleaning. She said 'i was not in there that long ago blah blah blah, etc, etc.'. Why does this happen with every...

I think I may want to mention this at my appointment. I had a horrid itching sensation last night which I should not have done this provoked me to take out my left hearing aid. To my knowledge I have not done that yet (except to look at it and then it goes back in. Only reason I do that normally...

I am picking up new sounds with my hearing aid lately. Rain, wind and now the computer fan, and things falling on the floor. Sounds I find sharp still are paper and doors closing. My voice and speech have also improved and words sound clearer to me. The only problem is mine tend to eat batteries...

Hi everyone! My new hearing aids work very well for me. I sometimes forget I have them on. At first there is a blocked feeling but then it goes away. To review my colours I chose were orange mould and purple ears. XD! :) i love how I don't have to turn the tv volume up very loud any more. I...

I can hear all sorts of little things I had been missing out on and loud sounds are no longer a problem. I have read though in my phonak book the wearer should not be exposed to super loud sounds like explosives like say fireworks while wearing the hearing aids. The hearing aids are very...

I got them and I can't understand what the previous audiologist was going on about full shell behind the ear hearing aids feeling cumbersome! :O What a load of nonsense! The material I have is very different, it is silicone. They are orange mould and purple 'ears' XD! The programming itself went...

I got some interesting news. I have an ear infection now and has been bothering me since the Wednesday prior to my impression taking for both my ears. Can they still fit me if I have a middle ear infection? I have been known to have these last for quite some time. I used to get them (middle ear...

Next step: getting an impression made for both ears this Friday and then I choose colours. This is an extremely patient audiologist. Am I ever glad I found her! A lot of people just assume you have to stick with something just because they found it. If the person for whatever reason leaves a bad...

Finally some good news. I switched audiologists and said I was never going to go back there to that other place ever again. This place was much more professional and the test lasted longer than ten minutes. Little did i know the place i had complained about has been getting numerous complaints...

This has happened to me twice. I had full mold with hook hearing aids and they worked just fine for me. I liked them the first time but some idiot changed it into slim tubes without my say so and because my ear canals are small that hurt my ears! I still have those old things but won't use them...

I hear getting a hearing aid is called a fitting but it doesn't come over night of course! Can someone tell me what the process is like please at least a little bit? I know there's a hearing test before hand though. The secretary explained about the test to me on the phone but that was it...

Hi there. I am new here and getting hearing aids. I thought it might be good to find people i can relate to to talk about some issues I have questions with. I had a pair of very old painful hearing aids and I'm getting new ones! Open ones and i can't hear a thing out of them! I need a full ear...