HOH33stars
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hey all!
question for ya!
I have the starkey destiny BTEs and my audi originally ordered these molds that you can't even see really (they're not an open fit, but the hard mold goes into the canal and sits there...) hard to explain so here's two pictures:
Anyway, the first set whistled REALLY REALLY bad and kept popping out. My doctor AND she said that I need to get full ear molds instead of just these little ones. I said fine, and she took the impressions again and sent them away with me understanding she was ordering me the full molds.
I went to pick them up, and she had reordered the same ones again! She said she had just asked them to make them "tighter"-they made the canal part insanely long now (they actually hurt they go in so far) and they're STILL whistling (I have extra power aids now-they're too strong for these molds according to a few people!)!
She said the reason she did this was for cost purposes.
I'm quite pissed off-these still whistle and I was under the impression she was getting me the full molds. Yeah i like these because you can't really see them, but other people even comment on the whistling! These aren't AS bad as the others because they do fit tighter, but I hate wearing them because they hurt to twist in...and they still whistle!
I don't really trust my audiologist (for a variety of other reasons also) and I'm sick of going to her. Since these aids are new I don't really want to change audis right now-the aids are fine. I'm just tired of the whistling.
I found on the web: Hearing Aids - Digital Hearing Aids - Order Online Today! where they send you an impression pack, you do your own impressions and they make the molds for you. Worth it? Or should I complain and go back to my audi? She's sick of seeing me and I'm sick of seeing her.
Also, what colors can you get earmolds in?
Thanks all! You guys are wicked awesome!
question for ya!
I have the starkey destiny BTEs and my audi originally ordered these molds that you can't even see really (they're not an open fit, but the hard mold goes into the canal and sits there...) hard to explain so here's two pictures:
Anyway, the first set whistled REALLY REALLY bad and kept popping out. My doctor AND she said that I need to get full ear molds instead of just these little ones. I said fine, and she took the impressions again and sent them away with me understanding she was ordering me the full molds.
I went to pick them up, and she had reordered the same ones again! She said she had just asked them to make them "tighter"-they made the canal part insanely long now (they actually hurt they go in so far) and they're STILL whistling (I have extra power aids now-they're too strong for these molds according to a few people!)!
She said the reason she did this was for cost purposes.
I'm quite pissed off-these still whistle and I was under the impression she was getting me the full molds. Yeah i like these because you can't really see them, but other people even comment on the whistling! These aren't AS bad as the others because they do fit tighter, but I hate wearing them because they hurt to twist in...and they still whistle!
I don't really trust my audiologist (for a variety of other reasons also) and I'm sick of going to her. Since these aids are new I don't really want to change audis right now-the aids are fine. I'm just tired of the whistling.
I found on the web: Hearing Aids - Digital Hearing Aids - Order Online Today! where they send you an impression pack, you do your own impressions and they make the molds for you. Worth it? Or should I complain and go back to my audi? She's sick of seeing me and I'm sick of seeing her.
Also, what colors can you get earmolds in?
Thanks all! You guys are wicked awesome!