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Renewing Hearing Aids – Concern About REM Calibration After Mastoid Surgery

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Renewing Hearing Aids – Concern About Calibration After Mastoid Surgery

I’m in the process of renewing my hearing aids, and my audiologist has told me that due to a mastoid surgery I had many years ago, a Real Ear Measurement (REM) can’t be performed when the new aids are fitted.

This concerns me because I’ll be spending a lot of money, and I want the hearing aids to be properly fitted and customised to my needs.

Has anyone else experienced this situation? Can high-quality fitting still be achieved without REM, and are there any alternatives or suggestions I should consider?

Thanks in advance for any advice.U

I’m no expert but first look at the Internet suggests the exact opposite with more attention to real ear measurements.

I had mastoid surgery three times on my left ear as a child and I’ve since had done as an adult.

The can absolutely be done after mastoid surgery; there are even measurement marks in centimeters on the plastic REM tube to avoid pushing it in too deep.

Have you ever heard from your surgeon that you should never bathe in water or dive, even very shallowly?

I’m an audiologist. No reason you can’t have real ear measures performed. More reason to do so, actually, due to the change in the shape/size of your anatomy! Find someone who will do it (and knows what they are doing).

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