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Resound recommends changing the every month on the Omnia 5. Is it possible to examine the wax guard with a magnifying glass to see if it really needs changing?

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This is really such a subjective opinion, one month or two, every week or so for some people, the recommendation is so that newbies don’t go running back to the clinic saying their are “broken” just do it when you think it needs it, once it starts to fill up with wax you’ll notice a difference in sound quality anyway.

I worry about the world’s waste stream. I hope–if your uses batteries–that you are recycling them along with any other household batteries. I’m sorry that “” add another tiny plastic thing to the waste pile–something that will so easily end up in the ocean. :frowning: Please make sure that yours go into the appropriate trash.

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My trial Oticon Real aids, powered by 312 batteries, are getting more than 4 days out of a set, so I anticipate changing batteries every 4th morning. Let’s assume that every hearing aid user in the US uses batteries at that rate. Compare the total weight of the batteries they discard annually, to the part of the US annual municipal solid waste stream that isn’t recycled or composted. I came up with hearing aid battery waste being 1.5 thousandths of a percent. Not percent, not tenths of percent, not hundredths of percent, but thousandths of percent. As a fraction, 1/66000 of the waste stream excluding recycling and composting.

Edit: I figured 1 in 10 adults using hearing aids, based on some answers from Bing Chat. I suspect the number is smaller, so the fraction is less than 1/66000. The point is, it’s small.

I agree with @tenkan, but if you want to then you certainly can look at the on Omnia receivers with a magnifying glass or the magnifier app in your phone.

I do this occasionally and look to see whether I am getting a good reflection from the metal in the filter. But if in doubt then change it, especially if you are thinking that one or the other ear isn’t hearing as well as usual.

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I don’t think so. is really only indicated for profound losses and is, in my opinion, a better approach for lesser levels of loss, not least because you don’t need to change the tubes every few months and the devices are usually smaller.

no, It is only a matter of preference. I have the resound omnia and i also have Oticon for super durable tank backup If you really want long term, get BTE because RIC wires breaks really easily.

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because RIC wires breaks really easily.

This is total nonsense. I have used Resound aids (I have had all of LINX, LINX 2, LINX 3D, LINX Quattro, One and Omnia) for 15 years and I never had a broken receiver wire. In fact I never needed to replace a receiver. I really can’t believe you say that seriously. You are joking right?

No i’m not joking, I am talking about my experience using UP receivers in encased mold… they are pretty bad… The UP recievers don’t get reinforced as good as the lower power variants

I replaced one or two receivers a year when I was wearing Quattros. Medium receivers with power domes, and the wire frayed near the receiver. Stress from insertion and removal, I guess. @david.hendon, what’s the secret to your receivers’ longevity?

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My reciever wire right now is becoming loose right now, i will have to send it soon but it is much better than with my quattro line which kept breaking 2 weeks. I carry 2 UP earmold in case if wire failure where one acts like a backup…

In reply to @x475aws

I’ve never broken a wire either in over ten years, but I use domes and not molds.

I can see where molds would be an issue, while domes wouldn’t be an issue.

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