Yeah, the fixed nose piece is one less thing to go wrong. Spring hinges are also good. Last time I shopped for glasses, the boutique optician had maybe one frame style with spring hinges, but Costco had several of them.
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Thank you so much for your response. Getting a lot of responses. I mostly wear glasses to read, see what I am eating. Had a stroke 4 years ago and need prism in my scrip to guide my sight to one side. I will try to get straighter arms on glasses or flexible arms as you noted. Thanks again Dave.
My dad wore hearing aids since in his 20’s. Back in the 1960’s–70’s he had glasses with hearing aids built right in.
Fast forward and a friend sent this pic a month ago…
I looked into that idea once and after a back and forth with my audiologist and eye doctors I realized it wasn’t possible for either my eye issues or my hearing loss. I believe it is a great thing for the ones that find into their capability. But I wouldn’t try to make it work just because it is a cool idea.
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Cool. I only wear my glasses on and off
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Years ago I could not wear bte aids because my ears are fairly close to my head and it caused pain. Now bte aid are thinner, unfortunately eye glass styles right now are a thicker plastic type. Wearing that type of frame pushes my aids upward so they feel like they’ll fall off. I have found that wire frame glasses with a flat piece at the end, allows me to slide my glasses in place without dislodging my aids. Now all you have to do is find wireframe glasses.
OMG! are they coming back? My father was in the Army and had hearing aids like this in the late 60s to the mid 70s.
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For me, the Marchon Airlock collection is all day comfortable. There are many styles. I have a rimless pair and they are extremely light and there is no interference with hearing aids.
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I have used Oakley frames with straight temples for years. The only brand with straight temples that doesn’t slip.
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LOL! That made me giggle. 
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Yes. I don’t know whassup with those new, clunkier eyeglass frames?
I wear Silhouettes with an almost invisible wire frame, so I have no issues putting them on with my slightly large-ish Phonak Lumity Life (NON)waterproof aids.
It’s the dang behind-the-ear face mask that gives me grief. Well, it did all the months I wore it… 
My dad had these back in the '70s. I thought they were WAY cooler than the aid-in-a-shirt-pocket he replaced with these.
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I have small S-shaped pieces of plastic that came with the little plastic guards I bought to keep the mask away from my lips/nose. The S hooks each of the loops of the mask so they hang on that rather than your ears. A little less likely to fling your aids off.
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Funny. I wear silhouettes too
I tore these smile-hiders off as soon as I hit the door going out. I felt horrible complying to this rule.
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I guess I am lucky having never had a problem with both glasses and hearing aids. My aids are UK NHS BTE with moulds not domes.
Glasses fitting is important so they stay in place. Soft Silicone nose pads help with this.
Directly OT but I was concerned about loosing my aids or them falling out and being stepped on when masks were a legal requirement when Covid infection rates were high. Once I understood the rules and specifically that shops etc. could not request proof of exemption I simply wore an exemption badge second time around. I was not challanged once.
The only time I wear an ear loop face mask is on the plane when I don’t wear my hearing aids. Ear loops just pull my ears forward and out fall my RIC hearing aids. I use face masks with proper head bands which don’t interfere with my ears and hearing aids.
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Hi. Where did you get these? The tech is very outdated, but they are beautiful, functional…
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