That sounds outrageous. My earmolds were free. I have read on here that others have paid $30-50.
I am always looking at ways to save (I guess others are like me there)… In fact, I found a earmold you can make at home and use instantly on ebay: the Seller is ebdonrowley and he sells something he calls the earbuddy system which is just a special ear tube and two containers of silicone material you mix together and insert along the sides of the tube to get your instant earmold after about 10 minutes in the ear for setting. I wonder if anyone has had any experience with instant earmolds of this type, either made by an audiologist or by yourself, and if anyone has used this Ear Buddy system on ebay. I got this package from Mr. Rowley which is really kind of overpriced, just a plastic tube with silicon putty in two containers and some directions, and I think maybe you can damage your eardrum if you are not very careful with doing this. Any thoughts on that?
When the casting was made for my molds, my HIS first stuffed a small piece of something that I assume was cotton way down my ear canal right in front of the eardrum. He used an Ear Light to place the cotton, then a video Otoscope to fine tune the placement.
When I read your post, I did a little Googling and found plenty of info on self made custom molds, so it seems pretty common. My first reaction was that this is terrifying. Hearing loss has been difficult to deal with, I don’t want to run the risk of puncturing my eardrum. But after reading some of the info out there, I am now intrigued.
It will be interesting to find out if anyone on here has tried this.