Hal, I was fitted w/ DOT 30s this summer. The audi didn’t know that they should have a wax guard, didn’t put a dome of any kind on it so I only had the bare receiver in my ears. Also, I have profound hearing loss in one ear and moderate to severe in the other. Both high frequency and low frequency loss both ears. Yet there was much to like about these little HAs. I called ReSound, gave them my audiogram to review. They said no way was I a candidate for the DOT 30’s. However, I was very sorry when I had to make the obvious decision to return them, so for sure given all the reasons I had not to like them, I still did. However, I’d earlier worn Exelias for a few weeks and had excellent results, espcially in the ear that was “only” severe loss, I knew from what ReSound told me that no amount of programming the audi did was going to allow the DOT 30 to fill my needs. They were not designed to handle my low frequency loss. If your audiogram shows that you are a good candidate for these and on top of that you are happy with the results, it seems logical that you’d continue on with them. Isn’t it GR8 to hear those things you had been missing!