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I have J1000 soft silicone Half shell Carved earmolds, they are extremely comfortable and fit very well along with having the right amount of occlusion for me. They have more of a matte/fuzzy? Texture aka they are not glossy. My only issue with them is after a while of wearing them the molds start to slip out of my ears and when I take them out I have to wipe them because they are almost slightly sweaty, I’m not sure if it’s earwax or sweat but it doesn’t bother me too much besides being a little annoyed at having to wipe Them down a few times a day. I do use a dry caddy at night.

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Good to know, they don’t pop out of my ears but do need to be pushed back in a bit I’m assuming that is because they do get sweaty though.

Even with full shell earmold, l have to take it out twice a day to let my ear canals dry. If the aids are covered with sweat, l wipe them and put in my hearing aid dryer. If working in very humid conditions, l would use a hearing aid cover. I don’t wear my aids when it’s raining even with my hat on.

Your ears probably sweat because of the silicone material. Have you tried hard resin/acrylic? I have had problems with earmolds most of my childhood life but hard acrylic is the only material that does not cause sweating and I can wear all day. However one thing that is does not sound right is them migrating out of your ears. Sounds like you need another refit.

I have very sweaty ears with silicone ear moulds.

If I had your hearing loss, I would happily get hard ear moulds as they don’t stain, not as sweaty and they last so much longer so cheaper in the long run.

I believe the difference between the pricing was only about 10 dollars difference, sorry I probably should have used better descriptions for them moving out of my ears. When they come out it’s barely any movement but just enough I need to lightly press them back I. Which it’s maybe a mm or two.

I meant cheaper in the long run as hard ear moulds can last 10 years where’s silicone ear moulds only really last around 1 year to 1 1/2 years max.

I will say with the silicone it’s substantially more comfortable then domes maybe in the future I’ll try the acrylic but probably not right now since I just spent the 150$ on the molds and that would be a lot of money to get new ones.

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