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I have new aids and one side doesn’t seem to fit well yet (dome is coming out) so it could be that it’s moving too much. However, there’s also a pain point right where the receiver wire touches the top of the ear as it bends back to the hearing aid. I’m without an audiologist at the moment so I’m looking for a good temporary solution. (Any tips on finding a new one?) Its too uncomfortable to wear all day. The wires on each side are bent nearly identically when I compare them but I might have a slightly different shape to the ear tissue so something is getting irritated. I assume I may need some sort of protective material in the near term?

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Wire is too short. Need to be replaced with a longer one. You can easily order them online instead of waiting for an audiologist. You could dab a bit of vaseline on it for now?

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In reply to @cvkemp

How can I be sure that’s the issue without a longer wire to test? It’s an Oticon size 2 currently. Are there measurement specs? The old links to the Oticon professional site don’t work. This process is not easy as a newbie stuck in an audiologist mess.

Easy go to the audiologist and explain to the audiologist your symptoms

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Using the Signia printable I could locate, I’m 2-3 on the side with pain and 3 on the side without pain. The instructions state to round up. I can’t find how Signia sizing compares to Oticon. On the HearSource printable I am a 1 and a 2. The dispensing audiologist did not measure me.

The shorter length ear is the one with pain suggesting it may not be the wire length being too short?

Your audiologist should have measured carefully. There are different receiver wire lengths.

I had this problem as well. I used a product called “New Skin” to form a barrier between the wire and my ear. I am already using the largest receivers available but, over time, my ear finally adjusted to the contact.

So what’s the real story… Why would anyone why would anyone live with pain or jury rig a pair or new aids?

In reply to @user490

Yes. The paint on version! I just ran a nice bead over the impression that the wire was making in my ear! New Skin is great for covering minor cuts on your fingers where a bandage would be awkward. Unfortunately it has increased in price threefold since I started using it a few years ago.

Maybe a ribbon or some sort of fabric around that part of the wire where it is making contact? I would think if it was rather loosely wrapped, it would minimize contact.

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I’m testing a longer wire as many suggested. This causes the aid to sort of float above the crest of the ear. The aid then drops under its own weight to partially rest on the ear. Is that the correct fitment or does the floating mean it’s too long? Won’t the audio be worse as the high mic is now less open to the top and front of me?

Even with the longer wire I get some pain (perhaps it’s reduced) so I wonder if longer isn’t the solution?

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