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Hearing aids wax filters CeruShield vs Cerustop

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I would like to know whether there is any difference between Hearing aids CeruShield and Cerustop. I replace them frequently, but both brands are not always available where I live. Can I use them interchangeably? Thank you.

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Cerusheild and Cerustop are different wax systems fitting different lines of hearing aid receivers.

No, they’re not interchangeable as the receiver output tubes are different diameters.

Cerushield is the right in front the the speaker.

Cerostop is a wax guard that is on the surface of my custom mold. (The Cerushield being farther back. )

So my aids use both. I usually only need to change out the outer Cerustop, but rarely I have to change the inner Cerushield.

I wonder how many configurations of wax traps we NEED,

I use HF3 traps with my Phonak titanium slimtips for MAV receivers. Technique to change these is a bit important. The inside of the trap is a threaded cylinder. Your change tool has a threaded end and a non-threaded end. Getting the threaded end against the trap squarely and getting it to thread into the trap is essential for the extraction. I fought with these a bit when I first got them ~4 years ago. I found some of the tools work better than others, and I retain the ones that work better. You get a new tool with each disk of traps5.

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One would think so. I don’t know. My receivers are “M”s, of course. I have no experience with the “stop” version, although I did use the “shield” version for a season or two before I was offered the MAVs, and they would seem to be too small for a power application. In fact, I didn’t see how they did much of anything but get in the way when they went sideways. (Figuratively and literally!)

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