I’m sorry to hear that Blue Crab. Although custom mold fabrication is pretty state of the art today with all the big HA makers, I’d still have to say that is still the hardest “make or break” aspect of custom fittings.
And I think it’s one reason why there’s such a big push, and an over-hyping of that hearing aids are so easy to get, and get fitted with today. (RIC with Universal Domes)
They are for some people, but I think it’s common knowledge, universal molds are not for everybody, and I found they surely weren’t for me.
I’ve had problems with custom fit over the years, in fact my very first fitting over 12 years ago did not go well at all. First pair of Phonak Claro ITC fit so poorly, they squealed like pigs, and they were re-made, and when they came back, the one was mis-made again, bad enough that the lower part of the faceplate actually was cutting the concha of my ear, and had an actual scab forming, there was bleeding. (a joke, huh?)
And here then comes the grinding, and yep, they felt better, but I also believe that again caused a funny fit, and they then became quite sensitive to feedback issues.
One then wonders, “how many times are we, or can we go though this”? Twice, three times, four, five?, to get a correct proper fit where all is good, they are comfortable, they aren’t a cause of feedback issues, etc?