Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 In a message dated 8/1/2006 11:36:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, thetomlinsons@... writes: Is this something you all started after months or what? Thanks. For the first set of molds, I waited until they needed something. I'd look at them and check them out but didn't wash them or anything unless I saw something. However, once the portion that is in the ear started to turn that icky orangey color, I tried to clean it and discovered it wasn't coming off. It was stained. I figured that I'd started too late -- not that you can avoid that staining happening. It will eventually happen. So, for the next set of molds, I simply made myself a schedule. Sunday evenings were aid-care-night. I'd wash the ear molds and Ian would change his batteries. He was about 8 and old enough to do some cleaning, so I taught him to use the little hook to take the wax out of the drill holes. We'd look into the aids every day (after a while it was just him doing the looking) and if we saw any wax or icky stuff in the vent holes, we'd clean it out. But we did a formal cleaning once a week. I'm not sure that this makes any difference on the life of the mold or stalls the discoloration, but it fit my idea of cleanliness. I told Ian that I make him change his bed sheets for a reason and he puts on clean underwear every morning. Since he " wears " his aids everyday, they need to be washed like his body does, maybe not quite as often. Hope this helps -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Question . . . when did you ladies and gentlemen rrrrreally start having to clean your kids' or your own hearing aids? Sydney just got hers about three weeks ago, and other than moisture which the Dry & Store clears up . . . we see no ear wax or debris of any kind. For the heck of it, I've unattached the tubing and done some blowing, but I just don't think I needed to yet. Is this something you all started after months or what? Thanks. Robin T. in NC -- Robin Tomlinson thetomlinsons@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 In a message dated 8/1/2006 3:32:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pcknott@... writes: So just blow that out and it should start working immediately. You do have to unhook the tubing from the aid first or you will blow the moisture into the aid. I always blew from the tubing end toward the ear hook. You can see the moisture - it is like condensation on the inside of the tubing. Ian does this all the time .. it's ben very humid here the past few summers. (In fact, I am currently battling a sinus infection because it seems to settle into my head and won't leave. ugh). The first time I caught sight of him doing that in the car's review mirror I almost drove off the road. It looked rather weird, but it works! Also, when he seems to be blowing it out often, that's a cue for me to remind him to use the dry-n-store. I figure if there's moisture we can see, then there's probably more that we can't. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I do clean Ian's occasionally. When there is fuzz or gunk. Which seems to be more and more lately!! I do detach the mold from the HA to put in the dry and store. Tawnya cleaning Question . . . when did you ladies and gentlemen rrrrreally start having to clean your kids' or your own hearing aids? Sydney just got hers about three weeks ago, and other than moisture which the Dry & Store clears up . . . we see no ear wax or debris of any kind. For the heck of it, I've unattached the tubing and done some blowing, but I just don't think I needed to yet. Is this something you all started after months or what? Thanks. Robin T. in NC -- Robin Tomlinson thetomlinsons@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Re moisture in the tubing. This is a problem in the summer here. when there is moisture in the tubing, it stops the hearing aid from putting out sound - and your child may say that " My hearing aid just stopped working " or it works and stops and works and stops. The first time this happened we made a hurry up dash to the audi and all it was was moisture in the tubing between the earmold and the hearing aid. So just blow that out and it should start working immediately. You do have to unhook the tubing from the aid first or you will blow the moisture into the aid. I always blew from the tubing end toward the ear hook. You can see the moisture - it is like condensation on the inside of the tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I saw where a person doesn't put the aid in the Dry & Store regularly, and Tawnya is saying she detaches the mold from the HA. What are the rationales behind this? I'm curious. We put Sydney's HA's in the Dry & Store every single night . . . but we never detach anything. We just keep the battery cases open and put them in there nightly. Are we doing something wrong in any of your minds? I am interested in your feedback. Thanks. Robin T. in NC > > I do clean Ian's occasionally. When there is fuzz or gunk. Which seems > to be more and more lately!! > > I do detach the mold from the HA to put in the dry and store. > > Tawnya > > cleaning > > Question . . . when did you ladies and gentlemen rrrrreally start having > to > clean your kids' or your own hearing aids? Sydney just got hers about > three > weeks ago, and other than moisture which the Dry & Store clears up . . . > we > see no ear wax or debris of any kind. For the heck of it, I've unattached > the tubing and done some blowing, but I just don't think I needed to yet. > Is this something you all started after months or what? Thanks. > > Robin T. in NC > > -- > Robin Tomlinson > thetomlinsons@... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Hi Robin - we do exactly what you do - put the hearing aid in the dry and store, open the battery case - the aid goes in with the ear canal side pointing up... worked for us for years! Barbara Robin Tomlinson wrote: > I saw where a person doesn't put the aid in the Dry & Store regularly, and > Tawnya is saying she detaches the mold from the HA. What are the rationales > behind this? I'm curious. > > We put Sydney's HA's in the Dry & Store every single night . . . but we > never detach anything. We just keep the battery cases open and put them in > there nightly. Are we doing something wrong in any of your minds? I am > interested in your feedback. Thanks. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Same here. > Hi Robin - we do exactly what you do - put the hearing aid in the dry > and store, open the battery case - the aid goes in with the ear canal > side pointing up... worked for us for years! > > Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Generally I used one of those little blowers that look like a bulb syringe with a tiny tip especially for earmold tubing. But both Maggie and I have blown it out by mouth also in outdoor emergency situations. ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 In a message dated 8/1/2006 9:05:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, m_krauthamer@... writes: We do the same, except take the batteries out. Marni We always take the batteries out as well. We read someplace that was what we should do so it is just the way we always do it. But we leave the mold attached, ear insert part up also. Seemed like the natural way to lay it down. Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 We do the same, except take the batteries out. Marni --- P baytoven@...> wrote: > Same here. > > > > > Hi Robin - we do exactly what you do - put the > hearing aid in the dry > > and store, open the battery case - the aid goes in > with the ear canal > > side pointing up... worked for us for years! > > > > Barbara > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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