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I recently bought a pair of used behind the ear aids. They have the speaker in the ear.

The speakers more or less stick straight in and my canals are forward and upward. Is it ok for me to bend the tube/wire to accommodate a better fit or am I likely to cause damage?

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Bending the tube/wire will break the connection to your hearing aid. You need better fitting mold for the hearing aids too. You need to go see an audiologist and get a hearing test if you have not done so. Your aids may need to be reprogrammed.

I was wondering the same thing myself. But isn’t your tube/wire flexible? Mine is flexible. I have caught myself pulling on the wire to get the receiver out of my ear (I believe they refer to the part that is in your ear as a “receiver” - similar to telephony). I’m new to hearing aids, but I can tell that I’ll be rough on any hearing aid I buy.

From Oticon

Shaping the Receiver Unit
To ensure the hearing device correctly fits the ear, it may
be necessary to manipulate the Receiver. This is especially true if the Receiver wire is too short and the client reports that the earpiece tends to slip out or it cannot be inserted deep enough in the ear canal.
The first step is to try another dome size.
Sometimes a smaller dome size will allow the Receiver unit to be placed further into the canal.
If the wire is still not flush, you can change the curve of the
Receiver wire by straightening it a little or changing the
insertion depth. This is not a difficult procedure and the
following steps are important to avoid damaging the
Receiver unit:
•
Use a hair dryer or spectacle instrument at low heat
setting.
•
Heat for a short time – a matter of seconds.
•
Bend into desired shape and keep shape until wire
is cooled off.
•
Do not use excessive heat and do not exceed 130°C

Instead of using a hair dryer to heat the wire I decided to use a cup of hot water from the faucet. I then bent and held the wire in the shape I needed and carefully put just that part of the wire in the hot water for 3-5 seconds all the while being sure not to let the speaker of aid itself get wet. I then stuck the same section of wire in a cup of cold water which I had previously prepared. Perfect, the wire did not try to return to its original position.
Thanks hear293 for the heating idea!

Wow, thanks asharpvol, my receiver wire had an incorrect path across my ear and with your hot/cold water plunge I fixed the new path. haha you posted in 2014 and the solution still works in 2024 :smiling_face:

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