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I’m new to this group so forgive me if I ramble!
I first got fitted with hearing aids 11 years ago at the tender age of 48, hearing loss caused by years of working in noisy workshops & going to loud music gigs! I went to the doctors thinking I’d need my ears syringed to be told I was going deaf & would need hearing aids, not what I was expecting & not what I wanted!
Got fitted with NHS Danalogic iFit with acrylic moulds in both ears, I found the hard moulds uncomfortable so got fitted with full shell silicone moulds which were much better, I asked about but was told I wasn’t suitable due to my level of hearing loss.
Five years later got a reassessment & got SIgnia Motion hearing aids with open fit domes, very comfortable but always getting feedback in my left ear ( my left ear has always been more deaf ) but lived with it.
Moving on another five years I’ve recently had another reassessment & been fitted with Danalogic Ambio with tulip domes, my latest hearing test showed that my higher frequency hearing has got much worse & is now in the severe category hence the need for tulip domes.
I don’t get feedback at all with the new hearing aids but find the tulip domes quite uncomfortable & wonder if there’s another option, open domes don’t work for me anymore, wondering if I’d be better to go back & ask for moulds again?
I like the open fit as much more discreet than moulds but weighing up the pros & cons.
Any advice would be appreciated.

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@ChrisVic said:

wondering if I’d be better to go back & ask for moulds again?

I wouldn’t even think about it. Do it. With these less than open fittings and bouncing feedback issues you are probably under fit to keep feedback in check. May get a nice boost in hearing just by getting molds and a recheck in the programming to reflect new fitting.

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Are you able to post your so we can compare with mine? I’ve just been fitted with full shell silicone moulds. I have had the Ambio’s for 3 years, prior to that iFit’s for 5 years, always with domes and awful feedback. It’s only because off further sudden loss in my right ear, that they decided to fit moulds. Now I don’t get any feedback but find my left ear is slightly occluded.

Perhaps you can discuss the possibiliity of custom ear molds. I am not an expert by any means. I wear custom ear molds because they are highly recommended for my hearing loss. I tried some domes once and had 3 months of ear infections before switching back to custom ear molds. But I also wear a hearing aid which may be significantly different than what you wear. It is still worth discussing I would think.

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I haven’t got a copy of , I forgot to ask for it, but I know the audiologist did say my higher frequency loss is now in the severe category.
I had acrylic moulds with my first hearing aids & then changed to silicone full shell like yourself.
My second set of hearing aids were which were quite comfortable but I did get quite a lot of feedback in my worse left,ear, my new hearing aids have got tulip domes & while I don’t get any feedback I find them really uncomfortable hence why I was thinking of asking about going back to silicone moulds, my hearing has got worse which is why they fitted tulip domes.

A quick update on my original post regarding new hearing aids & tulip domes from May 2025. I still wasn’t happy with the new NHS Danalogic Ambio hearing aids fitted last May & in particular the tulip domes, I thought I’d get used to them but didn’t & also found I was having to turn them down quite a lot from the preset volume level so I made another appointment to get them checked. I saw a different audiologist this time who made some adjustments to the settings including discovering that the audiologist who fitted them had messed up the speech in noise programme, she had set it up to cancel the front microphones instead of the rear ones which explains why that setting made things worse! Also she changed the tulip domes for which are a lot more comfortable. I still preferred the previous SIgnia Motion hearing aids though, smaller & more comfortable, I guess the Danalogic ones are cheaper!

Another update! I still was having issues with the Ambios including loads of static & crackling. I’d been wearing my SIgnia Motions still instead of the new Ambios until I managed to lose one of them. I managed to get hold of a pair of Signia Stretta M & persuaded the NHS audiologist to programme them with my latest prescription which she agreed to do even though they no longer supply Signia aids, they’re fitted with & are much more comfortable. It obviously pays to persevere.

Maybe a smaller size dome would be better since yours seem to fit tightly. Ask to try a smaller size when you visit your audi.

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