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Wax Removal from Hearing Aid Tubing

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I have ear wax in tubing (in ear mold section) that leads from ear hook to acrylic ear mold. Not talking the vent hole. In any case I don’t want to deal with removing tubing from aid (from ear hook) because its difficult to get back on and if I do get back on I’m afraid it might not hold secure. I just had tubing replaced 7 months ago and prefer not to have replaced or see Audi.

So does anyone have a suggestion how to remove ear wax that’s in tubing (in ear mold area) without have to completely pull tubing apart from ear hook? If I do insert a plastic cleaning wire it only pushes wax further up into tube. Which is not the direction I want wax to go.

Sorry no mini-vaccumn/suction device at home so just wondering if there’s something out of the box I could use.

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When you say tubing, are you referring to the conduit that the wires to speaker are run within, or do you actually have an old fashioned , where the sound travels through the tube into your ear mold. How old and what model are your instruments?
Perhaps I am not familiar with your instrument’s design?
But with modern aids that I know, the tubes are just to run wires, no wax could get into them! They are solid. ( stranded copper in a vinyl tube )

Can you unscrew the ear hook rather than remove the tube from the other end? You can get pipe cleaners that will work, or maybe 1.5-1.8mm nylon ‘strimmer’ line…….

7 months seems a long time between tubing replacement. I would imagine it will be stiff, and very difficult to remove. I try and change the tubing before it gets to that, maybe about every 3 months.

Thanks for replies. I use dry tubing which last longer than normal plastic tubing. Since I have extra dry tubing at home I bit the bullet and did tubing replacement myself.

And let me tell you it’s really tricky, for the following reasons.

  1. Old tubing broke off inside acrylic mold and I had to find something thin enough to push lodged part out of tubing shaft. Same problem happened when my Audi did a replacement a year or two ago. Pain in the butt.
  2. You really have to be careful when lining up tubing so it’s in proper location to reach your outer ear. It you cut tubing too short, its game over. And believe me your ear will tell you (big time) if tubing is too short or too long.
  3. But after your get past steps one and two look out. Because it was really hard for me to get dryi tubing to fit on end of ear hook. Like the tip of the ear hook is way, way bigger than the opening with size 13 tubing. Maybe dry tubing is harder to install but its was a long battle before I got the sucker fully on ear hook.

I have a special pliers l ordered thru Amazon that makes the tubing a bit wider just enough to fit on the ear mold earhook.

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Thanks for bringing that up. I’ve seen my Audi use such pliers but was not aware you could buy through Amazon. I’ll certainly check it out.

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