Guest guest Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Sherry, What did your audiologist have against the otoease? I'm just curious. It sounded odd that she would recommend an astrigent or toner instead. Did she think you were talking about something to clean the earmold? An astrigent seems like it would make the earmold dry from the alcohol. Otoease is a lubricant. It's slippery. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 This is what our audi said: ++++++++++++++ The alcohol base is important because the residual will be absorbed into the skin or will evaporate. We don't recommend products which are water or oil based like OtoEase as they leave a residue which can affect earmold fit or leave water in the ear which can lead to fungal growth in the ear. ++++++++++++++ Seemed like a compelling argument to me, that is why I wondered if anyone else had heard that. Sherry newbie question -otoease Sherry, What did your audiologist have against the otoease? I'm just curious. It sounded odd that she would recommend an astrigent or toner instead. Did she think you were talking about something to clean the earmold? An astrigent seems like it would make the earmold dry from the alcohol. Otoease is a lubricant. It's slippery. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 That kind of makes sense, but do I really want astringent absorbing into Sydney's skin? Hmmm . . . always something to think about. We sure don't want fungal growth either. Gross. > > This is what our audi said: > > ++++++++++++++ > The alcohol base is important because the > residual > will be absorbed into the skin or will evaporate. We don't recommend > products which are water or oil based like OtoEase as they leave a residue > which can affect earmold fit or leave water in the ear which can lead to > fungal growth in the ear. > ++++++++++++++ > > Seemed like a compelling argument to me, that is why I wondered if anyone > else had heard that. > > Sherry > > newbie question -otoease > > Sherry, > > What did your audiologist have against the otoease? I'm just curious. It > sounded odd that she would recommend an astrigent or toner instead. Did > she > think you were talking about something to clean the earmold? An astrigent > seems like it would make the earmold dry from the alcohol. Otoease is a > lubricant. It's slippery. > > K > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 That kind of makes sense, but do I really want astringent absorbing into Sydney's skin? Hmmm . . . always something to think about. We sure don't want fungal growth either. Gross. > > This is what our audi said: > > ++++++++++++++ > The alcohol base is important because the > residual > will be absorbed into the skin or will evaporate. We don't recommend > products which are water or oil based like OtoEase as they leave a residue > which can affect earmold fit or leave water in the ear which can lead to > fungal growth in the ear. > ++++++++++++++ > > Seemed like a compelling argument to me, that is why I wondered if anyone > else had heard that. > > Sherry > > newbie question -otoease > > Sherry, > > What did your audiologist have against the otoease? I'm just curious. It > sounded odd that she would recommend an astrigent or toner instead. Did > she > think you were talking about something to clean the earmold? An astrigent > seems like it would make the earmold dry from the alcohol. Otoease is a > lubricant. It's slippery. > > K > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 That kind of makes sense, but do I really want astringent absorbing into Sydney's skin? Hmmm . . . always something to think about. We sure don't want fungal growth either. Gross. > > This is what our audi said: > > ++++++++++++++ > The alcohol base is important because the > residual > will be absorbed into the skin or will evaporate. We don't recommend > products which are water or oil based like OtoEase as they leave a residue > which can affect earmold fit or leave water in the ear which can lead to > fungal growth in the ear. > ++++++++++++++ > > Seemed like a compelling argument to me, that is why I wondered if anyone > else had heard that. > > Sherry > > newbie question -otoease > > Sherry, > > What did your audiologist have against the otoease? I'm just curious. It > sounded odd that she would recommend an astrigent or toner instead. Did > she > think you were talking about something to clean the earmold? An astrigent > seems like it would make the earmold dry from the alcohol. Otoease is a > lubricant. It's slippery. > > K > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Robin, You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't be much risk in short-term use. See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I suspect any outer ear infection. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Robin, You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't be much risk in short-term use. See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I suspect any outer ear infection. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Robin, You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't be much risk in short-term use. See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I suspect any outer ear infection. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 We've used Otoease for years (like 10 years) for easier earmold insertion and love it. We call it the Magic Oil! My boys have never had problems with fungii, infections, etc. It's a product that's made for earmolds/hearing aids and I've never heard that it's problemmatic. Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara janetlizard wrote: > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, > especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to > " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't > be much risk in short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He > advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can > dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I > suspect any outer ear infection. > > Janet > > > > > > > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 We've used Otoease for years (like 10 years) for easier earmold insertion and love it. We call it the Magic Oil! My boys have never had problems with fungii, infections, etc. It's a product that's made for earmolds/hearing aids and I've never heard that it's problemmatic. Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara janetlizard wrote: > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, > especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to > " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't > be much risk in short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He > advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can > dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I > suspect any outer ear infection. > > Janet > > > > > > > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 We've used Otoease for years (like 10 years) for easier earmold insertion and love it. We call it the Magic Oil! My boys have never had problems with fungii, infections, etc. It's a product that's made for earmolds/hearing aids and I've never heard that it's problemmatic. Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara janetlizard wrote: > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, > especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to > " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't > be much risk in short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He > advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can > dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I > suspect any outer ear infection. > > Janet > > > > > > > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 In a message dated 7/5/2006 7:06:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Barbara.T.Mellert@... writes: Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara As well as being an absolute sweetheart. He use to live and work around here. In fact, I think he was the one who initially tested and correctly identified Ian's loss when we took him to St. Francis's hearing center years ago, just before he moved out of the area. Our school sent us there for an assessment. Their audiologist gave the first correct assessment of Ian's loss. The school then refused to accept it because we had used our insurance to pay for it. I was so naive about everything that I didn't know they could play that game, claiming it was OUR assessment not theirs. They claimed it was not a valid one because we had paid for it and demanded yet another one. A classic delaying technique. (sigh) So we took him back to our pediatrician and from there onto Columbia Presbyterian in NYC -- and they concurred with that initial assessment. Anyway ... when the school eventually sent us back to St Francis, the gentleman we'd initially seen had moved and we've been seeing Karla ever since. Another very nice and supportive person. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks. I was never going to use astringent. LOL. That was someone else. I definitely plan to use OtoEase. Thanks, Robin > > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, > especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to > " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't > be much risk in short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He > advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can > dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I > suspect any outer ear infection. > > Janet > > > -- Robin Tomlinson thetomlinsons@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks. I was never going to use astringent. LOL. That was someone else. I definitely plan to use OtoEase. Thanks, Robin > > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, > especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to > " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't > be much risk in short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He > advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can > dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I > suspect any outer ear infection. > > Janet > > > -- Robin Tomlinson thetomlinsons@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks. I was never going to use astringent. LOL. That was someone else. I definitely plan to use OtoEase. Thanks, Robin > > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, > especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to > " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't > be much risk in short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He > advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can > dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I > suspect any outer ear infection. > > Janet > > > -- Robin Tomlinson thetomlinsons@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Didn't get a chance to answer this one. When JD was about 5 (that would be 14 years ago), we were on a vacation when his earmold started squeeling when we were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Didn't get a chance to answer this one. When JD was about 5 (that would be 14 years ago), we were on a vacation when his earmold started squeeling when we were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm going to try this one more time (I think my main computer is having a tantrum). Either that or I like to keep everyone in suspense. ;-) > Didn't get a chance to answer this one. When JD was about 5 (that would be > 14 years ago), we were on a vacation when his earmold started squeeling as > we were . . . passing through Las Vegas. We stopped at a local audiologist to purchase some OtoEase, but she didn't have any. Instead, she sent us to Wal-Mart to get some CornHuskers Lotion. She said it is a better PH for the ear. It also doesn't get watery when it warms up like petroleum jelly products can. I thought it was a bit strange, but we tried it. Even though JD has 2 containers of OtoEase in his medicine chest, he still prefers to grab the CornHuskers Lotion. Kay kay@... The Listen-Up Website http://www.listen-up.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm going to try this one more time (I think my main computer is having a tantrum). Either that or I like to keep everyone in suspense. ;-) > Didn't get a chance to answer this one. When JD was about 5 (that would be > 14 years ago), we were on a vacation when his earmold started squeeling as > we were . . . passing through Las Vegas. We stopped at a local audiologist to purchase some OtoEase, but she didn't have any. Instead, she sent us to Wal-Mart to get some CornHuskers Lotion. She said it is a better PH for the ear. It also doesn't get watery when it warms up like petroleum jelly products can. I thought it was a bit strange, but we tried it. Even though JD has 2 containers of OtoEase in his medicine chest, he still prefers to grab the CornHuskers Lotion. Kay kay@... The Listen-Up Website http://www.listen-up.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm going to try this one more time (I think my main computer is having a tantrum). Either that or I like to keep everyone in suspense. ;-) > Didn't get a chance to answer this one. When JD was about 5 (that would be > 14 years ago), we were on a vacation when his earmold started squeeling as > we were . . . passing through Las Vegas. We stopped at a local audiologist to purchase some OtoEase, but she didn't have any. Instead, she sent us to Wal-Mart to get some CornHuskers Lotion. She said it is a better PH for the ear. It also doesn't get watery when it warms up like petroleum jelly products can. I thought it was a bit strange, but we tried it. Even though JD has 2 containers of OtoEase in his medicine chest, he still prefers to grab the CornHuskers Lotion. Kay kay@... The Listen-Up Website http://www.listen-up.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm happy to hear all the good reviews of OtoEase - I found it very helpful in getting 's aids in and didn't want to stop using it, which is why I posed the question to the group about the astringent/toner. Sherry Re: Re: newbie question -otoease We've used Otoease for years (like 10 years) for easier earmold insertion and love it. We call it the Magic Oil! My boys have never had problems with fungii, infections, etc. It's a product that's made for earmolds/hearing aids and I've never heard that it's problemmatic. Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara janetlizard wrote: > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, especially > for the first time. After a few days wax will start to " grease " them > up and you may not need it anymore. There can't be much risk in > short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He advises > people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can dissolve them. We have > something called Audiowipes I use if I suspect any outer ear > infection. > > Janet > > > > > > > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm happy to hear all the good reviews of OtoEase - I found it very helpful in getting 's aids in and didn't want to stop using it, which is why I posed the question to the group about the astringent/toner. Sherry Re: Re: newbie question -otoease We've used Otoease for years (like 10 years) for easier earmold insertion and love it. We call it the Magic Oil! My boys have never had problems with fungii, infections, etc. It's a product that's made for earmolds/hearing aids and I've never heard that it's problemmatic. Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara janetlizard wrote: > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, especially > for the first time. After a few days wax will start to " grease " them > up and you may not need it anymore. There can't be much risk in > short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He advises > people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can dissolve them. We have > something called Audiowipes I use if I suspect any outer ear > infection. > > Janet > > > > > > > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm happy to hear all the good reviews of OtoEase - I found it very helpful in getting 's aids in and didn't want to stop using it, which is why I posed the question to the group about the astringent/toner. Sherry Re: Re: newbie question -otoease We've used Otoease for years (like 10 years) for easier earmold insertion and love it. We call it the Magic Oil! My boys have never had problems with fungii, infections, etc. It's a product that's made for earmolds/hearing aids and I've never heard that it's problemmatic. Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara janetlizard wrote: > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, especially > for the first time. After a few days wax will start to " grease " them > up and you may not need it anymore. There can't be much risk in > short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He advises > people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can dissolve them. We have > something called Audiowipes I use if I suspect any outer ear > infection. > > Janet > > > > > > > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 HOW HYSTERICAL! My stepdaughter is named Eden and Brad Ingrao's site is called EDEN, oh my sides hurt from laughing. Now to go check out the site for tips and tricks. For updates on Eden, please go to: http://edenadams.blogspot.com http://edenadams.blogspot.com/> www.edenadams.com http://www.edenadams.com/> Re: Re: newbie question -otoease We've used Otoease for years (like 10 years) for easier earmold insertion and love it. We call it the Magic Oil! My boys have never had problems with fungii, infections, etc. It's a product that's made for earmolds/hearing aids and I've never heard that it's problemmatic. Brad Ingrao is INDEED the earmold king! Believe anything he says about them. Barbara janetlizard wrote: > Robin, > > You're still going to want to use something like OtoEase in the > beginning - it's just too hard to break in new earmolds, > especially for the first time. After a few days wax will start to > " grease " them up and you may not need it anymore. There can't > be much risk in short-term use. > > See earmold guru Brad Ingrao's Web site at bradingrao.com. He > advises people to never use alcohol on earmolds. It can > dissolve them. We have something called Audiowipes I use if I > suspect any outer ear infection. > > Janet > > > > > > > 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. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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