Custom fit Moulds

It worked for me in the pasy

@Stratuscom said:

Your audiologist should do a better job of fitting your ear molds.

Whoever your HCP sends your impression to should consider how the shape of your ear canal and ear lobe could be used to anchor the mold - you don’t necessarily have to have an external canal lock. With my ReSound silicone molds, they seem to have a notch that catches my crux helicis. They stay put all day long with all the eating, talking, yawning, etc., one can do. OTH, if there is nothing around the ear canal opening to anchor to, as with Raudrive’s mold, an external protrusion may be necessary.

My ear canals have more “waviness” or curvature to anchor the molds, too. So some folks due to genetic and developmental “kaleidoscopes” end up with more canal/ear lobe features to take advantage of in designing a 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…

Edit_Update: And picture of the mold inserted: Widex Evoke Custom Mold popping out - #6 by jim_lewis

My most recent custom molds were made with a canal lock but they still start slipping partway out after a couple hours, and my ears do not get wet. Still staying home due to being told I fall under a category considered covid immunocompromised, I had to improvise by buying a set of various size generic domes from Amazon that seem to stay in more snugly than either my custom molds or the standard domes that I wore before getting custom molds made. They seem to be made of a grippier material and the tubular portion that encloses the receiver is a little longer so that I can push them in a little deeper than the standard domes. With various sizes I was able to do the Goldilocks bit to find the ones that seemed to fit just right. The cost was nominal and well worth it.

I use DIY silicone ear molds.They never come out and I can’t even feel them in my ears. I got the kit from this seller:
https://earmolds.info/instructions-open-fit-diy-ear-molds-earmolds/61

get a long canal lock should make alkl the difference

Thanks everyone for your advice.
After trying domes, I have noticed that if i use power domes/double domes I really get a good snug fitting for the entire day. The power domes really gives me a perfect fit throught the day without popping out.
But again, with power domes, i get very occluded feeling & it seems the overall sound is very less compared to Moulds (with 1 mm vent).
The single bass domes seems to be much comfortable than power domes with regards to occlusion. But needs to be pushed in the canal couple of times. It doesnt have perfect snug fits like the power domes.

the power domes doesnt have any vents. The bass domes have one tiny vent, which reduces the occluded effect for me.

I am using the Opn S1 miniRITE for about 1 year now. Because of the curving of my ear canals molds were made. The first set of molds was replaced because they were slipping out very easy, and because the receivers were being covered by the wall of the canal - if I pulled the molds slightly out of the canal, hearing would improve immediately but the hearing aids would slip out. I have a turn in the right ear canal of about 60-70 degrees. To a much lesser extent I have the same issue in my left ear. My audi took new casts of both canals and had the right side mold made slightly longer and both sides individually shaped such that they would not get covered by the walls. The air vents on each side were differently located to keep the wall from covering the receiver. Third, to prevent them from sliding out, the molds were extended on the outside to sit firmer in the concha. The attached pictures might give you an idea of how they are shaped. The costs for the molds were included in the purchase price of the hearing aids.

Per the instructions I use a dome on the receiver to protect the outlet tube when doing the molding. I roll the mixed silicone out into a long thin rod and then wind it around the receiver before putting it in my ear.

I had bad occlusion effects with my left ear and mild effects in my right ear. The grooves you see in the photo are vents that I made to fix the occlusion effects. I used a razor blade to cut the grooves. The instructions suggested using a small file for this.

I paid something like $30 for the silicone kit and have made 5 or 6 sets of earmolds for various reasons. I probably have enough left for several more sets if needed.

I just received my custom slim tips having 1.5mm vent.
The fitting is so comfortable. No feedback atall.
just that after 3 hours or so, I feel its bit lose…hence have to remove them…wipe the tips with tissue/cloth, clean my canals with q-tips and then it fits well again for the next few hours.
I guess my ears are bit oily, hence after few hours the tips seems to slip a bit.

@brandong81 said:

just that after 3 hours or so, I feel its bit lose…hence have to remove them…wipe the tips with tissue/cloth, clean my canals with q-tips and then it fits well again for the next few hours.

I had this issue when I wore 2 x HAs.

My left would get wet all the time, once dried, the ear mould would fit really well again.

I don’t wear a HA in my right ear now but my right ear never got wet. It was very odd.

Try this:
https://earmolds.info/open-fit-4-ear-molds-kit/62

Thanks a lot.

I have requested them that I will pay for delivery cost & if they can arrange delivery in Dubai, UAE.
Lets hope for the best.

I received their reply today.
Unfortunately they do not deliver their product outside the USA.