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Does damage to a mold affect hearing aid performance?

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I don’t know how or when it happened. I discovered it last night by accident. We’re talking a couple of long cracks. Where the cracks intersect, the surface of the mould is slightly depressed and you can push it in further with a fingertip. Breaking a piece off into the inside of the mould would be possible with decent pressure.

That side has been a bit problematic for a while. Slightly less sonically comfortable than the other in that it’s a bit boomier, a bit overpowering of the other side. So, is there a possible link? I’ll email my audiologist at Cosco over the weekend, but curious to hear others’ opinions.

In reply to @d_Wooluf

I would guess you’d get a slightly leakier fit but the boominess sounds like the opposite of that. Either way it’s time for a new mold and if you use UP receivers (I doubt it) you’d need a new receiver too. Depending on how old other mold is might want to go for a pair. I guess this partially depends on what hearing aids you’re in. Have you settled on a pair or are you still considering switching?

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@pmc1978 said:

A cracked earmold will affect the performance of the hearing aid, but the biggest issue here is that sweat will get in and burn the receiver

I was wondering about that too. That’s a real issue in this climate.

@MDB said:

the boominess sounds like the opposite of that.

Boominess, rattle? Don’t know. I find myself second guessing myself on the performance of my hearing aids a lot these days. As you say, I’ll find out when I get a new mold.

@MDB said:

Have you settled on a pair or are you still considering switching?

I’m still in the 9040s but I’ll get the 9050s when they’re available. The audiologist hadn’t heard anything about when that might be when we communicated a few days ago.

The 9040s help me at home but not many other places, so I’ll keep looking. The audi is aware of that and wants to help. I guess we’re trying to find the limits of what’s possible for me.

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