Hi,
I have a new hearing aid and I have forgotten how a hearing aid sits on the ear? Is the hearing aid supposed to sit behind the ear and the side of the hearing aid resting against the skull?
Or is it supposed to be sitting on the centre of the ear and the sides of the hearing aid not touching anything? This was looks it like it would wobble more.
I cannot remember. Opinions would be great, thanks.
I have seen Google images. But cannot tell if the side of the hearing aid is fully resting against the side of the head.
If you wear glasses, the glasses would be between the head and the aids, so in that case they would not rest against the head.
I don’t wear glasses.
are you a troll?
the hearing aid is between the skull and the back of the outer ear.
It all depends on the size of people’s ears and the size of the hearing aids!
A troll? For asking a question? My hearing aid sits behind my ear but I can adjust it so it sits away or closer to the skull. I wasn’t sure if it needs to be fully resting against the skull or have it so it has about a few mm gap.
Depends on the TYPE of aid. My Starkey Halo’s sit higher, just like you’d put a pencil that you park there.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
the length of the tube pretty much settles the position, you would only kinda bend it and cause some pressure if you would try to push it higher, it should pretty much just rest on your ear so that there’s no tension in wire/ tube.
pretty straight forward.
Wherever you purchased your HA’s should have “fitted” you after you received them. The “transmitters” come in various lengths. The picture posted by jay_man2 shows the transmitter a little above the ear, it should be lower.
I think people are missing the point of my question. I know it sits on/behind the ear. What I am asking is that you can adjust the tilt of the hearing aid, by rotating the tubing where it connects to the hearing aid hook, so that the side sits away from the skull or resting against the skull.
I tried it away from the skull and there was a few mm gap, but I noticed it wobbles when I move my head, like looking up.
Is it best to have it against my skull? So that it is supported on my ear. It’s just that I can feel it resting against my skull when doing this. Would I get used to the feeling of the aid resting on the side of my head?
No, I think you are missing the point! If you throw a peanut atop you ear with a string glued to the peanut it will sit between your ear and your skull. Is there any other way?
The only other variable that I can think of is whether the receiver is shallow into your ear canal or deep into your ear canal.
Where’s the roll eyes emoticon when you really need it😳.
My ears are not like the ones in the picture. My ears stick out, so that means the back of the ears have a rather large gap. I understand that most people’s hearing aid sits behind the ear and the ear supports the hearing aid, but mine are too far away from the skull, so I have a lot of play in the movement of the hearing aid.
I don’t want it wobbling on my ear.
Forget I asked the question as I don’t think my question is made clearly.
If the wire (from your hearing aid) tracks close to your head, that’s a good thing. If it tracks not close to your head that’s not so good. Ah, but the question is, does it track too far out from your ear canal or does it track too far out from atop your ears?
The receiver length also makes a difference. Too long and the hearing aids sits way back on the ears. Too short and the receiver/speaker wire makes a tight fit red line on the front of your ear.
It is meant to be comfortable and not move. I am sure that it does not matter how you achieve that as long as you can hear. You need to be able to forget they are there at least most of the time but you might need to get used to them again if it has been a while. They need to stay relatively still so you don’t get any noise from the aids moving to disrupt your hearing. Everyone has different ears but the only two things most audiologists do to fit wires or tubes is to ensure the dome/mold is the correct size and the wire/tube length makes it fit reasonably snug( as close to your skin along its course).
You said BTE and a lot of the advice is for RIC. If they are BTE, then the tubes can be adjusted to press more toward the ear. The tubes are heat sensitive and, if warmed, can be adjusted right or left.
I think that is what you need but aren’t sure from the description and intermediate remarks.
