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I first brought up this topic 6 months ago for advice, and it was generally positive. Since then, I have been using my 24/7 (except for showering) and it has been going very well.

I have Widex ’s with standard tubes and full shell soft molds, #13 batteries. I found several advantages and few disadvatages sleeping with my aids:

  • In an emergency (like grandkids sleeping over), I can hear them at night
  • I can stream music or books without my wife hearing anything.
  • I feel very comfortble wearing my aids, less so without them

Moisture is a potential problem, but I don’t sweat very much. I have a dryer and my audiologist always dries them when she checks them. I never accumulate much moisture. Another minor problem is the aids will sometimes squeal when I turn over in bed.

I have always prefered batteries to rechargeables. Batteries are cheap and easily replaced. Most important, I do not have to give up my aids to place them in the charger. I have a backup pair of , but I prefer to wear my BTEs.

I’d be interested in the experiences of other members.

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I only wear my aids while awake. My aids do go in my ears as doon as I get up in the morning but come put at bedtime or when showering. I can hear the fire alarms, and the phone ringing but cannot understand what people are saying. My alarm clock shakes my pillow. My audiologist told me my ears physically needed rest time. There isn’t anyway I could sleep while wearing my aids.

I couldn’t imagine trying to sleep with my hearing aids in. My ears need their rest time without the pressure of the molds inside and the aids on top (I sleep on my side). I rely on my normal-hearing wife to wake me up in any emergency.

I always take my out when I go to bed but if I have a bad night where I wake up, I’ll put them back in so I can stream something and then I go back to bed.

Your aural canals need to be able to get air into them and dry out overnight. Simply because if you wear your aids 24/7 your canals are going to become a warm moist environment which a fungal infection will love. Having had a fungal infection in my aural canal, believe me you don’t want to experience it.

It is a shock to the old body when I am dead a sleep. Not sure of the brand my audiologist had it sent to me

When I need an alarm I wear an Apple Watch, but usually charge my watch at night so that presents a problem. I run out of battery charge late in the day when I wear the watch all night. I was thinking the alarm pillow might be a better approach.

In reply to @joesan

I realize that you didn’t ask me, but this is basically the one I use: The Sonic Boom Dual Alarm Clock with Super Shaker22

Mine is actually an older version that’s a different color and seems to have a couple fewer features, but essentially the same.

Mine has the option of the bed-shaker (I put mine between mattress & box spring), a ridiculously loud alarm, or both. I just use the bed shaker and it wakes me up while not disturbing my wife - she can feel it, she’s just used to it. Mine has two separate alarms, along with all of the other normal alarm clock features. The batter backup is nice, as it saves my settings in the event of a power outage.

Looks like it’s a couple dollars cheaper on Amazon…

In reply to @joesan

I do The same, when I first get up, I put my watch on the charger while I take a shower and get ready. By the time I’m ready it’s usually fully charged.

I slept with my hearing aids once but as soon as I woke up in two hours, I took them out.

When I’m home alone, I don’t wear my hearing aids all the time. When I travel at night, I take off the left hearing aid. I feel like my ears need some rest from the earmold pressure. Also, the earmold caused some kind of bruise/ bump in my left ear so I try to give it a chance to heal.

I understand what you mean when you say you are more comfortable wearing your hearing aids. I feel like I am removing part of my body when I take out my hearing aids. I do take them out to sleep except when my husband is gone and I am afraid of not hearing (fire alarm, phone, someone breaking in, etc.). I also wear one hearing aid if I have to get up very early and want to make sure i hear the alarm. Thanks for the information about the shaking alarm.

In reply to @joesan

Bellman and Symfon have a bed shaker.

https://www.bellman.com/en/product/alerting-products/accessories/bed-shaker/4

Sonic alert also.

HomeAware Super Shaker5

The HA360V-II Bed Shaker is a great system add-on for your HomeAware system.Place under your pillow, between your mattress and box-spring, or tuck into the cushions of your favorite chair and the HomeAware Bed Shaker will shake, shake, shake when...

I wear one hearing aid at night for safety reasons. I wear it on my left ear one night and my right ear the next night. When I’m not wearing it, I put it in the dryer. That way, I can hear smoke detectors or weather warnings from my phone while I sleep. I have in the canal aids, and they are very comfortable to wear while sleeping or in any situation.

I wear them during night when living in a hotel alone I need to hear the alarm set on my mobile. When sleeping alone on my boat I keep them on.
When at home I take them off.
Often on the go, could not think about having rechargeable aids. Very handy to always keep a few spare batteries in your valet. Don’t understand advantage with rechargeable.

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