Re: Question about colored ear molds. Am I reading way to much into this?

[Guest guest]

Hi Abby - both my boys wore hearing aids until the past year - they now

both have cochlear implants.

When I tell you they've had every color of the rainbow in earmolds, I'm

not exaggerating, including Tom (who is 14) having red and black for a

time. Now that I think about it, the red and black didn't hold up well

but all the other molds did. That would include combos of reds, greens,

blues, etc. So it might be a fluke?

Do you know what company Simon's earmolds are from? It would likely say

on the little bag. There are several earmold companies so you could -

and should - ask your audiologist to try a different company.

Our favorite earmolds were glow in the dark, by the way. Talk about cool!

Barbara in NH

Abby wrote:

> This may seem like I'm theorizing and thinking way to much into this,

> and maybe I am, but here's our dilemma.

>

> Simon got his hearing aids in March (at 16 months)and we chose red,

> blue and black ear molds. Now, since these were his first ones, we

> had nothing to compare them to. But right before we got new ones,

> they ripped around the opening in the ear canal.

>

> So, the next pair we got, we forgot to tell them what colors, so they

> were clear. These have held up great, in fact, I'm still using them

> for bath time (because of the tubes in his ears) and they have yet to

> get the first tear. Then, we got green and white swirls and these too

> have held up nicely. Not one thing wrong except too much feedback, so

> his audi decided we might need to get a new caste made.

>

> Which brings us to this pair that we got early in September. Again,

> we chose cool colors and we got blue, black and white (for the Colts-

> we live in Indiana). They didn't hold up at all! The right one got a

> hole on the top by the tube, and the left one ripped from the hole by

> the tube all the way down the part that goes into the canal! So, now

> we've had to put the green and white ones back on until we can get him

> into the audi (she's over an hour away).

>

> So, after all that, has anyone else had any problems with the colors

> or is this just a fluke? My theory is that something in the colors

> blue or black doesn't hold up well, but maybe it's just coincidence?

>

> Thanks in advance!

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Abby - both my boys wore hearing aids until the past year - they now

both have cochlear implants.

When I tell you they've had every color of the rainbow in earmolds, I'm

not exaggerating, including Tom (who is 14) having red and black for a

time. Now that I think about it, the red and black didn't hold up well

but all the other molds did. That would include combos of reds, greens,

blues, etc. So it might be a fluke?

Do you know what company Simon's earmolds are from? It would likely say

on the little bag. There are several earmold companies so you could -

and should - ask your audiologist to try a different company.

Our favorite earmolds were glow in the dark, by the way. Talk about cool!

Barbara in NH

Abby wrote:

> This may seem like I'm theorizing and thinking way to much into this,

> and maybe I am, but here's our dilemma.

>

> Simon got his hearing aids in March (at 16 months)and we chose red,

> blue and black ear molds. Now, since these were his first ones, we

> had nothing to compare them to. But right before we got new ones,

> they ripped around the opening in the ear canal.

>

> So, the next pair we got, we forgot to tell them what colors, so they

> were clear. These have held up great, in fact, I'm still using them

> for bath time (because of the tubes in his ears) and they have yet to

> get the first tear. Then, we got green and white swirls and these too

> have held up nicely. Not one thing wrong except too much feedback, so

> his audi decided we might need to get a new caste made.

>

> Which brings us to this pair that we got early in September. Again,

> we chose cool colors and we got blue, black and white (for the Colts-

> we live in Indiana). They didn't hold up at all! The right one got a

> hole on the top by the tube, and the left one ripped from the hole by

> the tube all the way down the part that goes into the canal! So, now

> we've had to put the green and white ones back on until we can get him

> into the audi (she's over an hour away).

>

> So, after all that, has anyone else had any problems with the colors

> or is this just a fluke? My theory is that something in the colors

> blue or black doesn't hold up well, but maybe it's just coincidence?

>

> Thanks in advance!

>

>

>

>

>

> All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is

the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

restrictions.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Abby - both my boys wore hearing aids until the past year - they now

both have cochlear implants.

When I tell you they've had every color of the rainbow in earmolds, I'm

not exaggerating, including Tom (who is 14) having red and black for a

time. Now that I think about it, the red and black didn't hold up well

but all the other molds did. That would include combos of reds, greens,

blues, etc. So it might be a fluke?

Do you know what company Simon's earmolds are from? It would likely say

on the little bag. There are several earmold companies so you could -

and should - ask your audiologist to try a different company.

Our favorite earmolds were glow in the dark, by the way. Talk about cool!

Barbara in NH

Abby wrote:

> This may seem like I'm theorizing and thinking way to much into this,

> and maybe I am, but here's our dilemma.

>

> Simon got his hearing aids in March (at 16 months)and we chose red,

> blue and black ear molds. Now, since these were his first ones, we

> had nothing to compare them to. But right before we got new ones,

> they ripped around the opening in the ear canal.

>

> So, the next pair we got, we forgot to tell them what colors, so they

> were clear. These have held up great, in fact, I'm still using them

> for bath time (because of the tubes in his ears) and they have yet to

> get the first tear. Then, we got green and white swirls and these too

> have held up nicely. Not one thing wrong except too much feedback, so

> his audi decided we might need to get a new caste made.

>

> Which brings us to this pair that we got early in September. Again,

> we chose cool colors and we got blue, black and white (for the Colts-

> we live in Indiana). They didn't hold up at all! The right one got a

> hole on the top by the tube, and the left one ripped from the hole by

> the tube all the way down the part that goes into the canal! So, now

> we've had to put the green and white ones back on until we can get him

> into the audi (she's over an hour away).

>

> So, after all that, has anyone else had any problems with the colors

> or is this just a fluke? My theory is that something in the colors

> blue or black doesn't hold up well, but maybe it's just coincidence?

>

> Thanks in advance!

>

>

>

>

>

> All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is

the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

restrictions.

>

[Guest guest]

We're on our first swirled " red, white, and blue " set. We've had them since

late in the spring and they are holding up just fine. We usually get 5-6

months out of our molds. Previous to the swirled ones, all of our colors were

more of the translucent ones.

Debbie

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and ask why not. G.B Shaw

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[Guest guest]

We're on our first swirled " red, white, and blue " set. We've had them since

late in the spring and they are holding up just fine. We usually get 5-6

months out of our molds. Previous to the swirled ones, all of our colors were

more of the translucent ones.

Debbie

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were

and ask why not. G.B Shaw

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Our audiologist said that the swirled colors of 3 do not hold up well at all.

She highly advises against them. We have done sparkles, single colors, and 2

colors mixed, but not 3 colors.

HTH

Cherie

Abby simonsmomma@...> wrote:

This may seem like I'm theorizing and thinking way to much into this,

and maybe I am, but here's our dilemma.

Simon got his hearing aids in March (at 16 months)and we chose red,

blue and black ear molds. Now, since these were his first ones, we

had nothing to compare them to. But right before we got new ones,

they ripped around the opening in the ear canal.

So, the next pair we got, we forgot to tell them what colors, so they

were clear. These have held up great, in fact, I'm still using them

for bath time (because of the tubes in his ears) and they have yet to

get the first tear. Then, we got green and white swirls and these too

have held up nicely. Not one thing wrong except too much feedback, so

his audi decided we might need to get a new caste made.

Which brings us to this pair that we got early in September. Again,

we chose cool colors and we got blue, black and white (for the Colts-

we live in Indiana). They didn't hold up at all! The right one got a

hole on the top by the tube, and the left one ripped from the hole by

the tube all the way down the part that goes into the canal! So, now

we've had to put the green and white ones back on until we can get him

into the audi (she's over an hour away).

So, after all that, has anyone else had any problems with the colors

or is this just a fluke? My theory is that something in the colors

blue or black doesn't hold up well, but maybe it's just coincidence?

Thanks in advance!

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[Guest guest]

We haven't had any durability problems with our molds. We've had lots of 3

color swirls, but never including black. The only problem we've had was

with the shape of the molds when we tried to swirl glow in the dark colors.

What company made the molds, and what type of molds are they?