#1

Hi,

I usually use open domes, but sometimes (concerts, party) I use power domes that close my ear completely.

Is there some cream or fluid that makes the domes go in a bit easier? For my elacin earplugs, I have some kind of cream, but once when I swapped my plugs for my aids, that cream blocked the tiny holes of the open domes, so this is obviously not the right thing to do.

#2

I’ve been using Eargear for itch but it makes the dome slippery too. It is an oil about the consistency of olive oil. I put a drop in the area between the two domes. No problem with wax guard contamination. I’d try olive oil which my doctor recommended for ear wax. Should provide the lub you are looking for. If you are using a single dome you might use a dampened q-tip to carefully apply some at the canal entrance to minimize fouling.

#3

Thanks, I´ll try that!

#4

Another product is Miracell Proear. Similar to what KenP described for Eargear. I am assuming which sometimes creates problems, but almost any office that fits hearing aids will have a product that will help with insertion and itching if you experience it.

#5

When I got my Westone custom molds, they came with a sample packet of Oto-Ease, also made by Westone. I put a drop on the left mold, which is the one that’s harder to insert because of a smaller, curvier ear canal, and rub any excess off on the right mold. I’m careful to put it on the molds behind the opening to the receiver and the wax guard. Bottle says “sterile, water soluble, greaseless, unscented.” The Costco audi said if I liked it, she’d get me more, but Amazon sells it, so I just ordered it there.

#6

I have the opposite problem, my tulip domes won’t stay in. They don’t fall out or anything like that, they just slide back from where they should stay. It happens whenever I’m chewing, moving my jaw. I’ve noticed that the tulips are oily when I remove at night. No surprise there. Your ear secrets this stuff. At least mine do. Adding lubrication is the last thing I need.

#7

My tulip domes wouldn’t stay in either. I was pushing them back in place every few minutes, and it was annoying. I liked them other than that, and I adapted to them quicker than to the custom molds, but the backing out was one of the reasons I got custom molds.* I can’t say the molds never need repositioning, but it’s no longer constant. I chose the plainest molds, but the audi showed me all the choices, and if these still backed out too often, I could have tried several other designs that have extensions that curve in the outer ear and would hold the mold even more firmly in place.

  • The other reason is that people here advised that with my loss in the low frequencies, a mold would be better for my hearing than domes. The audi didn’t agree, and I think she’s right. If I hear any better with the molds, it’s so slight I don’t notice, but then years ago, before I had a hearing loss, a friend used to say I had “Donald Duck ears,” because I didn’t appreciate the difference between music from high-end expensive speakers and ordinary old speakers. He was undoubtedly right. I tend to float along without paying much attention to nuances that other people pounce on.
#8

Mine aren’t that bad, only when I’m eating or chewing gum and I like chewing gum.

I like the tulip domes because they are very comfortable but I would like to try out the double closed domes just for the hell of it. I don’t really care to ever have molds unless my tulips become too rediculouse but so far, tollarable.

I read here that the main cause of them coming out is due to the wire being too short. I’ll bring up that idea with my audi.