Most of the human ear canal secretions are dried into scaly, slightly yellowish crusts, called dry cerumenes; A small number of people have a thick, dark brown substance whose secretions are always oily or pasty, called oily cerumen (oily ears).

Hearing aid knowledge: Does oily ear canal affect the effect of wearing hearing aids?

Behind the ear hearing aid is no problem, behind the ear, ear canal type are optional, now the fitting center will generally install a cerumen baffle on the ear canal hearing aid. As long as you do daily cleaning and maintenance, it will not affect the wearing effect.

The problems caused by wearing hearing aids in oil ears are mainly easy to cause hearing aid damage, so wearing hearing aids is more troublesome than people with normal ear canals, but as long as they pay attention properly. It shouldn't matter.

If it is the elderly, it is still recommended to choose the behind-the-ear hearing aid as much as possible, the elderly usually can't see clearly whether the customized machine and the receiver external hearing aid small receiver mouth is blocked, can not see whether it is clean, the difficulty of cleaning will also make the elderly hearing aid idle opportunity increase, but can not achieve the purpose of good compensation.

What should I pay attention to when wearing hearing aids with oil ears?

1. If you choose a customized machine or RIC type hearing aid, you need to choose a protective device against oil-proof cerumen to protect the hearing aid receiver port while not easily causing blockage. If you choose ordinary cerumen mesh, it will be very easy to block, affecting the use of hearing aids.

2. Clean the ear mold or cerumen protection device in time to prevent blocking the sound hole. If the elderly try to choose BTE hearing aids, it can avoid the impact of oily cerumen on hearing aids to the greatest extent, and also reduce the difficulty of hearing aid maintenance. Because the elderly often can't see clearly whether the mouth of the customized machine and the small receiver of the RIC machine is blocked, and whether it is clean. Then, when encountering the problem of cleaning up difficulties, it is easy for the elderly to have a sense of rejection and cannot insist on wearing hearing aids.

3. Remove moisture from hearing aids in time. Use the drying box to remove moisture every day, and use the electronic dryer 1-2 times a week to remove moisture.

4. Hearing aid moisture-proof and sterilization: when not used every day, you need to dry the hearing aid in time and open the battery compartment door and put it in the drying box, and you can use the electronic dryer every 4-5 days for dehumidification and sterilization. From 3 months to half a year, you should use a professional hearing aid maintenance instrument for vacuum dehumidification maintenance.

For "oil ear", that is, people with a relatively fast generation of wet cerumen, it is generally best to go to the hospital to clean up the cerumen once in two or three months, and the time is appropriately shorter in a dusty place, and it can be flexibly mastered according to the specific situation. If there are not many cerumenes, you can also try to use a cotton swab, gently turn and clean the opening of the external ear canal, and avoid using sharp objects such as nails and iron skewers to dig your ears.

Although the proportion of oil-eared people is small, don't feel different from others. There is not much difference in the selection of hearing aids, choose the model that suits you according to your hearing situation, and pay attention to daily cleaning and maintenance.