RIE moulds keep moving out

I’ve heard that a skeleton lock–I think sometimes called a canal lock can help resolve this situation. If I understand correctly, it’s an extension of the hearing aid mold that fits into the outer part of your ear and keeps it in place…

They are made of a hard, clear plastic material.

I don’t see why BTE vs RIE would matter. It’s the mold that keeps it in place and both have custom molds. Perhaps you’re sensitive to having the receiver in the ear as opposed to having the sound come from the hearing aids? (I’m grasping at straws)

Did ReSound make your molds? (you use English spelling so perhaps you are from the UK). I had silicone molds made by ReSound. They stay in place VERY well. I even have to tug a bit gently up and out on the back part of my upper ear lobe to help open the ear canals when I go to remove them.

Here’s a picture and a discussion of mine for someone who was having a problem with Widex ear molds quite a while ago. All molds are not the same. From your impression, someone decides how to make one and they are supposed to consider in planning the mold to be made from your imprecision how they can use your ear anatomy in the shape of the mold to help it stay in place. Some people are apparently more skilled about that than others and as MDB indicated, sometimes it takes a little bit of extra anchor added to the mold to help out. (I was lazy about thoroughly cleaning my mold before I took the picture!). You can also see the Select-A-Vent plug protruding from the lower left of the mold.

Widex Evoke Custom Mold popping out

I don’t have much experience, having just got my first HA’s and my first earmolds in the last few months. But I had hard silicone molds made by ReSound. They actually seem to be made just a tad larger than the dimensions of my ear canal and were made from a 3D scan of an impression (injection of silicone molding plastic). When properly inserted, the outside seems to be a few mm below the plane of the concha area surface and the molds go 15 to 16 mm into the ear canal. So the first section o…

Thanks for the detail. I have attached an image of my right mould. This is the worse. It seems to rock in my ear. I can push it in and the sound is OK but it rocks back to its own comfortable position. I’m just thinking my ears are too small for the receiver. They are not uncomfortable moulds. I just don’t know if the distortion in sound I am getting is due to the movement.

yes, i understand … but with the silicone molds they practically stick inside your ear

@jaynebates49 if you’re having comfort/fit issues, you need to get the molds remade.