Mingus, I’m 3 weeks in or so and still on the steep learning curve.
I should have said “sizes,” not “types” on the domes. I’'m trying a size larger than the smallest, but I have narrow ear canals. The tech made a single cut in the slightly larger domes that gave me more comfort and a tad better low frequency response on streaming audio.
I’ve flushed my ears and even had them looked at in one of the urgent care places. They are pretty clear. I’m going to use an ear wax removal solution for a few days to get some of the remaining wax out.
Changing out the wax filters: This was one of my gripes with the first tech I had at Costco. He told me nothing about that and said “just bring them by and we’ll take care of it.” After having 3 wax plugs in 10 days I did some research on the Internet and educated myself about the wax filters. The second tech at Costco that I visited with was very helpful and offered me a supply of filters. I changed it once myself. Not a big deal and much easier than driving several miles to Costco just to have the wax filter replaced.
Connectivity: Most of the time now I can just restart the phone app after losing connection and this seems to re-initiate the sequence to reconnect without having to reboot the HAs. Much easier solution. Things are working out as I learn what options work and don’t work for me. There are a lot of options for picking up phone calls, receiving phone notifications, and other hearing device options on the iPhone that I am exploring to see which I prefer. For example, I don’t know if I prefer using the phone speaker on phone calls, or if the poor quality streaming audio is sufficient. I’ll try both and decide.