Looking at your hearing loss, I don’t think any kind of in the ear hearing aid is going to work great. I think you’d do better with a RIC with an open dome. I think anything in the ear is going to have too occlusive a fit.
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Tried RIC today in office and it was horrible - extremely static-y to the point I had a hard time focusing on the person I was talking to. The pluses I had with the CIC/IIC of bass boost /3D-ness seemed to be lacking too. Not saying I can’t eventually acclimate to one but given that I had to choose a path today, I ended back with my IIC. Wish they could let me borrow it and I could do A/B comparison after my ear/brain adjusts. With the CIC/IIC, I get the static-y sound but it disappears within 5 mins.
The settings were upped… maybe we’ve given up on something that physically fits well.
I thought because my loss is “so mild” this would be easy.
I don’t know what to suggest other than trying another audiologist. The staticky sound with the RIC perplexes me.
Have you tried any over the counter hearing devices? Your hearing loss is pretty flat for the most part. These devices are also self adjusted.
Just might be worth a try.
This was a different audi. I went in and just explained the situation with my current hearing aid and her response was exactly like yours, RIC is probably better (why are you even on ITE); I didn’t bring it up :). Also fiddled around quite a bit with the settings to see if any of it would change the static sound, and though some helped, it was still significant.
On a plus for the previous audi, I actually did have lots of difficulty putting on the RIC with my long hair, two masks, and glasses. This plus my need to remove aid with one of my instruments, she did mention ITE would be better handling for me.
I wonder if the static is your hair,mask or glasses rubbing against the hearing aids?
I have not but I have been very curious. Since my loss/audiogram is actually not typical kind, Ive wondered if OTC may actually be better since I just need a flat small bass boost vs more finer adjustments. I also decline/turn off all extra settings. That’s why I thought getting a hearing aid would be incredibly easy. Sound systems have a bass boost button; that’s all I need 
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They all seem to be sold in pairs and there’s still not much info/reviews to help select
That did happen (sudden louder) but no, i dont think so as it’s persistent. There was much more when I was in a bigger room vs in a small office, even though the small office had lots of device noises.
Audi said it was just receiver. Keep in mind I’m more sensitive to noise/sound and some of my 0s are probably better than 0.
Wonder if they were talking floor noise (noise the hearing aid makes) Are you wearing two hearing aids or just one in your left ear? Floor noise would definitely be an issue for your right ear. Could be in your left ear too.
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Wearing only on left.
Also, my issue is middle ear bones so once sound makes it past the middle ear, I actually have excellent hearing. Don’t know if that changes anything.
So sounds like a conductive loss. I don’t know if that makes one more susceptible to floor noise or not. Could be.
Have you considered a bone anchored hearing aid?
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No medical professional has brought that up. Isn’t that a bit overkill? I don’t know anything.
ENTs have only brought up surgery (which sounds more exploratory) and “try hearing aid.” They did not know if hearing aids would work/help me but the audiologists all seem confident - ‘it’s been adjusted to your prescription’ but then confused…
Likely to be mic noise. The OP has great HF results; well below the threshold for noise.
That said, an IIC with a flattish fitting could be perfectly acceptable.
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Would you consider that a solution for a flat asym 30dB loss? It wouldn’t make the grade here.
It’s also possible to have this type of loss with a weird dead-spot area on the basilar membrane.
Does it say it’s conductive elsewhere in the thread?
I suggested conductive loss based on OP stating this.
Yes, I have conductive loss.
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So is mic noise different than floor noise? I thought floor noise was at lower frequencies, but really don’t know.
Well I’m weeks late to the game here … but you probably got contusions from those molds fitting TOO TIGHT and pressing like thumb held down at maximum strength to that area of the ear canal.
Molds that are too small will result in squeaky-leakage feedback; molds made too big will not only give contusions but also extrude out every time you talk, yawn, eat, laugh or do anything with your mouth. 
She said it was middle ear earlier. Though, if it were me and the surgeon thought they could resolve it with a stapedectomy I’d pursue that first. I’ve seen some really impressive outcomes from one of our nearby ENTs.
But yes, I’d send for a baha consult. It would bypass some of the problems a hearing aid would have for that loss. I’m not sure whether they’d consider it too mild. But especially if high frequency thresholds are normal out to 16khz it would seem a shame to block that out.
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