Bit the bullet - coughed up A$3130 today for Rexton Legato CICs with a smart controller. Same price I paid PER aid in 2010, not including the controller then that was another, wait for it, $880!
2 ~ 3 weeks turn around, but that’s okay, my existing CICs will hang on that long.
First time ever I actually got to see my own ear drums, courtesy of a clever camera gizmo she stuck in my ear.
Was shocked to learn that my right ear has a large perforation in the middle of the drum, a hangover from having grommets in 2006. When you think perforation, like me your probably thinking a pinprick. Nope, I could drive a car through it. How it works at all is a mystery.
Thinking of going to an ENT to see if would get any value out of a graft to patch it up.