For the past five years, I always had severe sweat/condensation from my right ear’s ear mold at the end of the day. There was also not a single day that went by that my ear would not itch because of it. And my hearing changed (not in a good way) because of the reactions I was experiencing. I’m happy to say that this appears to be a thing of the past.
So yesterday, I wore my hearing aids with zero condensation forming in my right ear for the first time in a long while. I got a disappear acrylic ear mold from Westone with the cloudy, dry material I used to have before my former audiologist changed my ear molds in 2019 without my input, to a clear and shiny acrylic. It was after that that my allergic reactions began: significant amounts of sweat, wax, and more. Even more than before. My audiologist never had an answer when I would ask him why am I experiencing this except “it’s acrylic. I don’t know what’s wrong…”
And, what’s even weirder: the sound sounds even sharper and clearer than before. It’s not just some of the new settings my new audiologist programmed into my incredible Oticon Xceed 1s.
There is a marked difference between the sound quality of my older ear mold and my new one. Somehow the dryer material makes things sharper and clearer than the clearer material.
Normally, with my old ear mold my hearing would change throughout the day depending on how much condensation forms. Usually by the end of the day I had so much condensation/sweat from it.
Not so with my new ear mold. This is the first day in over 5 years I have been able to wear my hearing aids at length for most of the day without condensation. It’s all like I used to remember it. The best-fitting ear mold I have ever had in the past 5-10 years I believe.
It was a good move firing my former audiologist and Phonak.
Not a single allergic reactions so far. No sweat. No condensation. The first signs are extremely encouraging.
Oh yes, I wanted to say thank you to @1Bluejay for such a detailed description of the trouble they have experienced in the past with their allergic reactions to ear molds. It gave me an idea of what I was experiencing and what to look out for.