I have a couple earmold sets, plain white and also a stunning pair of blue and white in a zig-zag pattern. I do sometimes change them according to where I am going, for example, to a business meeting. But I’ve also explained to folks that having visible hearing aids reminds people to speak to me a bit more carefully. The visibility spares me from having to verbally remind people and interrupt the flow of the conversation. Everyone I’ve said that to thinks it makes perfect sense. So I guess if I were in doubt of how I was being received due to the earmolds, I might drop that explanation into the conversation. But I would personally wonder about whether I wanted to be questionably received and what I wanted to be doing there.
I run a small startup biotech company as its CEO and I have never had any issues with the blue and white molds and turquoise ear hooks. I do dress very conservatively for business meetings, except for the hearing aids. But then, as I woman I have more latitude. The colors on a man might be interpreted differently. In general, though, I have found most folks don’t care at all. I’m going to stand out most strongly by being a partially deaf person in a gaggle of hearing people anyway. The extra distinction added by a pop of earmold color is a drop in the ocean compared to that created by my hearing loss.
If you are comfortable in your own skin, independent of what hearing aid colors you wear, people will notice that and will settle right in with you.