Lyric is worn deep in the ear canal for months at a time. No removal, no cleaning.
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Oh thanks for reminding me! Lyric is off my mental map. Why did you move on? And, p.s, moving from a Lyric to a trad BTE will take a bit of adjustment from your audi and your brain, I would imagine. best wishes!
Hi! Yes, he did set me up as an experienced user. As for the domes, we tried nearly all of them, and he settled on these. The closed domes were too occlusive and the open didn’t give me enough gain. He did mention possibly doing custom molds in the future, so that is certainly an option if it will take care of the feedback issues and give me more volume.
The audiologist did mention possibly doing custom molds in the future, so that is certainly an option if it will take care of the feedback issues and give me more volume. Maybe I should start that process at my follow-up appointment.
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While I absolutely loved the Lyric, I don’t feel that I was getting the best speech comprehension from it. I still struggled quite a bit in groups, in restaurants, etc. And the Lyric is not digital, all it had was up/down volume control, so that didn’t help much in those settings.
My main goal now is to get the best speech comprehension I can. I also like the idea of being able to make adjustments on an app and have my phone and TV stream directly into my ears! If Lyric ever goes digital, I’ll be beating a path back to them 
Thanks for the wishes, it definitely is quite an adjustment, but I am willing to be patient and give it a college try!
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Yep, start the process! the custom molds aren’t too expensive, and worth it if they work. I mean, they can realize the potential of any aid in very good ways. No promises! I have them and won’t go back to rubber domes.
I have no opinion about Rexton. I wear Signia Ax aids, which may be related. But any BTE aid that fits the parameters of your audiogram should be able to deliver decent volume and all the rest. I didn’t realize that Lyric were analog! Fascinating! that introduces a whole 'nother leap in terms of your getting used to the new soundscape.
To be honest, I wish I could try analog aids for playing my guitar at least. In the end, I imagine digitals will work better, because of their ability to match sound to my loss.
I loved my Lyrics – for all the reasons you mentioned! RIC/digital aids are a huge adjustment – I cursed them and flip-flopped with Lyrics a couple of times…
The biggest improvement for me is streaming (phone calls, meetings, music, TV etc.) to my HAs – a HUGE leap in comprehension! Not-so-much in-person…
Once you get the bugs worked out – others’ suggestions are spot-on – I hope you have at least a little more love for the Rextons…
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Yayy another former Lyric wearer! I feel like we’re such a small club around here!! 
What aids are you wearing now? You mentioned that you aren’t really noticing a change in speech comprehension with them, that makes me worried for myself!
As much as I’m enjoying the streaming capabilities of the RICs, that’s not enough for me. if I don’t notice improved in-person speech comprehension, then I’ll go back to the Lyric. Because that is the #1 reason I’m making the switch.
I’m hoping to be able to understand the soft voices of my partner’s two kids, and do better in in-person work meetings and restaurants. But if I don’t gain improvements in these areas, I don’t see any reason to keep these much higher-maintenance RICs, when the Lyric was literally zero maintenance and I never even had to think about it!!
Oh my gosh, how wonderful would it be if they could make digital Lyrics that would offer steaming?! Someday, I bet they will, but the already-high price would go up considerably.
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I actually switched from Lyrics several years ago – to Costco’s KS6 (made by Resound, as I recall). Currently I’m using the Jabra from Costco – the streaming & iPhone ready-ness made the decision for me.
As a PS, it was an adjustment for lots of us (not just Lyric wearers) to get used to digital HAs. Suspect there are still folks who miss analog 
Another alternative might be ITE hearing aids. Not as discrete as CIC, but has more capabilities
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Thanks for the suggestion, this is is definitely an option if this Costco pair doesn’t work out! I wonder if they would be powerful enough for my hearing loss (above and over what Lyric could do).
ITEs can use powerful receivers. It looks like Rexton offers an ITE. Unsure about the other Costco brands. An ITE is often a generation behind in technology.
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My experience with the Rextons couldn’t be more different than yours. The streaming audio has been amazing - literally life changing for work meetings, and overall I love these aids. I got fitted at Costco. They don’t get nearly as much wax buildup as my last RIC aids which I attribute to the updated sleeves on newer models of hearing aids. Took a few days to adjust and the only issues I’ve had are the default setting is too loud for me so I always have to enable noise reduction mode and the Bluetooth connection can be finicky when switching between my Android and iPad. I wonder if you need to give them more time as well as having another audiologist fit/adjust them.
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Hi user107, thanks for sharing your experience! I’m happy and encouraged that you are really liking them! Do you mind if I ask a few questions? I’d appreciate any advice!
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Do you experience any feedback when wearing them? (this is a huge issue for me)
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What is the noise reduction mode? I don’t see that in my app screen… is it a “Hearing Program”?
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How are they doing with hearing speech in noise?
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Which receivers/domes are you using?
Oy, I have just the opposite issue, the default setting is way too low and I have to turn it up all the way just to hear comfortably. And this is after I had the audiologist turn them up like 4-5 times!! When he first fired them up in my ears, I literally could not even tell them were on He seemed really surprised that he had to keep turning them up, and suggested that he couldn’t go much louder… which is not a good sign 
(I do have the most powerful receivers, but not sure which domes I am wearing) When I start the App, it defaults to level 7, which is the mid-point, and I have to turn it up to nearly 15.
- I don’t experience feedback except sometimes when putting them on, which is normal. But never in normal use. If you have feedback after they are set in the ear, then they need adjustment by the audiologist.
- Yes, the “noise reduction” is a program set up by the audiologist. I have 4 programs for mine - normal, noise/party, Focus 360, and Induction Loop. Normal is actually too loud for me normally but only if there’s hvac or in a store like Target - it’s been adjusted once after initial fitting…I’m going to go back to get adjusted again, if it’s possible to do so.
- I have problems in restaurants but I think that’s pretty normal.
- I’m using the default sleeves and one dome is open, the other dome is closed. I have assymmetrical hearing loss. You do get used to the occlusion feeling of the closed dome after a week or so.
I have moderate hearing loss in both ears. Before I got the Rextons I relied on my Phonak Titanium P50 CICs. My hearing got noticably worse over the pandemic years that when I went back and had the aids adjusted, they had to close the vents of each aid in order to get the amplification to a level that would work for me. But I decided to try out the Rexton from Costco, and use the Phonaks as a backup set. The Phonaks just weren’t enough for me at this time, especially the lack of bluetooth streaming. I was really struggling with work online meetings.
I’m really puzzled with your experience. How severe is your hearing loss? I’m going to guess that either the hearing aids don’t have the capacity for your level of hearing loss or you should see another audiologist (or both). The person who is fitting you should be able to determine if the aid itself will work for your hearing just from its performance specs.
Best of luck - remember that aids do require at least 1-2 weeks to get used to them. Don’t give up…
Hi again! Well, I went back to my audiologist yesterday and it is NIGHT and DAY now… wow! He gave me larger (closed) domes in both ears, which took care of all the feedback issues. And adjusted the overall gain, so now I am just like you, I have to turn my aids down because they are too loud. What a crazy improvement over my first two weeks, where I was dealing with terrible feedback and not much improvement in hearing. I much prefer having the option to turn them down!
We ran out of time in our appointment, but I wanted to have him add the “Noise Reduction” program - is that the one you use most of the time?
Also, are you able to connect them to your computer? I have a laptop and while they pair fine, my laptop does not recognize them as a speaker, so nothing happens when they are connected. I wonder if I need an external device to facilitate the streaming? I work from home and would like to have my Teams meetings stream right into my hearing aids.
Do you find that your closed dome makes your ear feel occluded? I am experiencing this a little bit, but not as much as I feared, so I’m going to try to get used to it.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience and getting back to me!
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I’m glad for you that the adjustments have made the hearing aids useful. Yes the audiologist added the noise reduction program for my hearing aids. The Bluetooth in most hearing aids uses a low energy version that is not compatible with most laptops. I know that the Costco Signature 10s made by Phonak did use the full Bluetooth version that was able to connect to all Bluetooth devices but this drains the battery faster. I actually got over 36 hours of battery life on my Rexton when I forgot to charge overnight this past week. Also the Rexton will not give the mic capability over Bluetooth - and you still have to use the phone mic or tablet mic to speak. I believe there are accessories that can be purchased both for a laptop as well as mic capability but I am not familiar with them. For me this is no problem - I actually prefer using the phone or tablet mic so that if I have to tend to something else people don’t hear me (giving water to the dog or answering the door). I stream the audio from my Android phone and use an Apple iPad for work Zoom and Team meetings. I often join with my work laptop separately to manage the meeting while taking part on my iPad with video and audio. It works extremely well although going from one device to the other can be a bit difficult. I usually just turn the bluetooth off on my Android at work to focus on the iPad use. I got used to the closed dome occlusion over a few days of use.
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Sorry so late to respond!
Good idea about joining Zoom/Teams meetings via tablet or phone! I actually ordered the smart mic to see if it will help me pair with my laptop. I’ll update here once I get it.
I’m really loving how long these things hold a charge - fooooorever!
I’m getting used to the closed domes. The only thing I’m occasionally experiencing, is a feeling of being plugged up in my left ear. It seems to happen if I’m talking a lot (maybe a sign LOL!), where I’ll start to feel really plugged/clogged up, which makes me feel nauseous and dizzy, and I start having trouble hearing.
It’s only happened a few times now, but one time was really bad and it was very disorienting. Even after I took them out, the clogged feeling persisted a day or so. So I wonder if it’s an inner ear issue, maybe related to moisture and not the domes.
And while I’m hearing so much better, my speech comprehension is still not the best, so I think I need more tweaks. I can’t understand my partner when he’s not facing me, or talking from the other room. And women’s voices are still hard to understand. But I’m not sure what to ask my audiologist to adjust… I need to have a recording of a woman’s voice playing and see if it gets better/worse while he’s doing adjustments!! 
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See the post related to your issue
Women’s voices are higher pitched so you may need a programming adjustment for that. Or - is it Soft voices which are difficult and you may be able to a program for this on your aids.