Open fit vs. regular earmolds?

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Etoile

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Can someone tell me the pros and cons of having open fit HA and regular earmolds? I would like to know good and bad points about each kind. :)
 
In my opinion ,open fit are good for losses up to moderate level.
Regular earmolds are best for severe and profound losses.
 
I believe Open fit earmold are used with open fit hearing aid

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Highlands, what would the difference be? I will have to ask my audiologist too but I would like to go in with advance information. :)
 
Etoile said:
Highlands, what would the difference be? I will have to ask my audiologist too but I would like to go in with advance information. :)
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Open fit earmolds could cause feedback problems and may prevent the user from getting complete gain in low frequency areas.

The others should correct me if I am wrong
 
I'm not sure what your loss is and what your audigram looks like. My ha had the slimtube option but my audi suggested a regular ear mold instead because you get more out of the amplification with a reg ear mold (if the mold fits properly of course)
 
I tried open fit and it definitly didn't give me enough-I have severe loss in both ears. So I now have really deep ear molds and they work much better for me, I was surprised by the huge difference
 
I would love to get open fits. But I can't take it because my doctor said it for mild or moderate hearing loss. Regular earmold is for Serve hearing loss. Many hard of hearing still wear earmold with BTE. It's big difference.
 
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