I believe they come in 4 different lengths.
There is a recent thread talking about domes that I think you’ll find of interest.
Thank you for the information. I will search for the thread.
Rad, this is the one I was thinking of. Been quite a few messages of late and it made it to the next page so thought I post it for you.
Thanks for providing it, KenP!
The receiver wires come in different lengths, and the domes come in different sizes. The one that fit me the best was the Tulip dome. They should fit comfortably and should not move much during the day. I eventually went with custom molds and I’m very happy with that, but the tulips were good too.
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The receiver wires come in different lengths, and the domes come in different sizes. The one that fit me the best was the Tulip dome. They should fit comfortably and should not move much during the day. I eventually went with custom molds and I’m very happy with that, but the tulips were good too.
This is an old thread but it doesn’t appear to me that the OP’s problem was resolved, and I have the same problem.
My right receiver wire has always felt too short for me, and the cause of my domes slipping halfway out of my ear canal, requiring me to constantly push it back in. Asking for the next length up, I was told that it would be too long. We tried solving the problem with custom molds.
I love the molds, and the receivers now stay firmly planted in my ear canals but now, instead of the short wire pulling partway out of the canal, the shortness of the wire prevents it from being tucked behind my ear and instead it crosses in front of my ear and makes my right hearing aid screech every time I turn my head or eat, etc.
I hate this too short receiver wire! Isn’t there a solution?
Better slightly too long than slightly too short. Pros frequently get wire length wrong.
Can I buy a longer receiver wire someplace and install it myself? If so, where and roughly how much and how easy is it to remove the present one and replace it with one I purchase? I just don’t feel like going over this issue anymore at the store. I would feel more independent if I can just do it myself.
Basically you have to buy a new receiver. The wire is part of it. So you’ll need to order right or left, wire length (0-3) and receiver strength. Exchanging receivers is not hard, but there’s usually a bit of a “trick” to it, so you’ll need to find instructions. Cost should be anywhere from $50 to $150. Just depends on source.
Thanks for your reply. I’m shocked:
a) I had imagined that this would be like a $10 to 25 item;
b) I have a 3 now and it crosses in front of my ear instead of tucking behind it and I think my ears are average size. So there is no such thing as a 4?
All I see is 0-3. Perhaps it’s time to revisit the store?
All I see is 0-3
Where do you see them?
Right now I want to take a break from the HA dept. I like my fitter but I feel like I have overstayed my welcome, at least for the time being.
After 3 years I’ve still not been able to resolve this issue. I’m following this thread!
Google hearing aid receiver. What aids do you have? I was on the high side for price. $50-$60 is more typical, perhaps as low as $30.
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Better slightly too long than slightly too short. Pros frequently get wire length wrong.
I think Don had a good point.
See title above: “Costco Kirkland-5 receivers…”
Thanks. You weren’t the OP so I didn’t know if you had the same hearing aids. Resound actually does make a 4. Here’s a link https://www.hearingdirect.com/us/GN-ReSound-Hearing-Aid-Accessories/?p=2
Thanks for the link!
I was at Costco yesterday and tried on a newer HA with a slightly shorter wire (3 -> 2 I think). They fit perfectly!
But after 4 years I would have to buy them myself. Darn!
An update that may be helpful to the original poster and/or others:
I did manage to purchase a longer receiver - a #4, but it only partially solved my problem, because when I inserted it into my $80 custom molds, I discovered that the molds were so (poorly?) designed that they did not “swallow” up the right ended bend in the receiver wire and so it stuck straight out into the air from the mold instead of being inside the part of the mold that went inside my ear canal. Not only was this very annoying and looked ridiculous, but it perpetuated the feedback screeching problem.
I then tried heating the right angle wire and flattening it against the custom mold but the flattening would only last a couple of days and then return to its right-angle bend, just as others who had tried this reported.
I then bought some “tulip” tips on eBay that were supposed to allow me to implant the right angle bend fully into the ear canal but they kept slipping out just like the standard dome tips, and after slipping partway out the feedback screeching would return every time I turned my head to the right or left!
I then decided out of desperation to try one more thing, and it worked! I found a kit called “Hearing Aid Domes - Universal Domes for Hearing Aids - Sizes Small, Medium, Large & X-Large Earbud Replacements” on Amazon" 39 pieces in different sizes for only $12.99. Despite the claims of hearing aid dispensers that, supposedly every brand of hearing aid requires custom fittings, these include many different sizes and several shapes and claim to be a “universal fit.”
When I got them and tried out various sizes and shapes, I found that the internal tube into which you insert the receiver is very snug and quite deep, so that it accepts not merely the metal end of the receiver but also the right-angle bent part of the attached wire, thus allowing me to comfortably fit the bent part fully into the ear canal (encased inside the soft tube) where it is meant to go, and it stays there, does not slip out, and totally eliminates both the feedback screeching and also the goofy look of having the right angle bend of the wire sticking straight out of my ears into the air!
In addition, my subjective impression of my hearing with these tips is that it is equal to or possibly even a little better than it was with those custom molds.
Works great! https://tinyurl.com/yx9natfr
Note that most of the reviews are quite positive, except for the ones who stated that they couldn’t find any of the tips to fit their particular hearings aids. The only negative one that concerned me at first was one guy that complained the tip came off in his ear, but I cannot imagine how that could happen unless he failed to insert the receiver fully into the long, snug, deep internal opening. Once inserted, no way is that going to slip off by itself!
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