Well, I get my eyes opened on a regular basis, here on the Forum:
Initially, I thought that the idea of vacuuming HAs on a regular basis, at home, was a little " over the top" … okay I admit it. That was my initial reaction.
Just now, however, I fired up my trusty iPhone SE magnifier to look at my mic ports. Yikes! despite the fact that my ears aren’t very waxy, there were, indeed, flakes of cerumen in those small openings.
I tried to gently brush them away with my handy-dandy Phonak brush (don’t tell the Oticonian Office of Tribal Purity) but the wax adhered stubbornly to whatever the fabric is that screens the mic ports.
So, I’m now convinced that:
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A vacuum device is required for safe, gentle cleaning, and
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This cleaning - in my case, anyway - probably needs to be performed at least once a month.
Since I don’t want to be troubling my audi every month for a vacuuming, I think that I’ll ask MrsSpud for some sort of device for my upcoming birthday.
Live and learn!/Thank you, members, for taking the time to teach!