Now that the weather is getting colder, I've realized there are a few extra things to think about when wearing hearing aids.

I live in Minnesota and wear the elehear beyond pro. Last winter, I found myself paying more attention to my hearing aids when putting on hats and scarves, going out in snow or rain, and moving from freezing outdoor temperatures into a warm house.

Here are a few habits I've picked up that might be useful for others who wear hearing aids through the winter.

1. Be careful when putting on or taking off hats and scarves I used to throw on my coat and hat without thinking about it. Now I try to make sure the edge of my hat or scarf doesn't catch on the hearing aids behind my ears. Taking a hat off can be especially tricky because it's easy to pull a device loose without noticing. A tight hat can also press against the hearing aids and cause unwanted whistling or feedback. Also, avoid letting hats or scarves cover the hearing aids worn on your ears, as this can impair sound pickup.
2. Check for moisture after coming indoors The temperature difference between the cold outdoors and a heated house can be pretty dramatic. When I get inside, I check whether the area around my ears or the outside of the devices feels damp. If needed, I gently wipe the exterior with a soft, dry cloth. I pay extra attention after being out in snow or rain.
3. Don't use hot air to dry them This is something worth remembering. Hearing aids are electronic devices, so if I notice moisture, I follow the manufacturer's care instructions and use a compatible drying device if needed. I wouldn't point a hair dryer at them or leave them next to a heater.
4. Check the battery before heading out I try to check the charge before a long day out, power tends to drain faster in the winter, especially if I'm driving somewhere or attending a family gathering. It's much easier to check at home than to realize halfway through the day that I need to recharge.
5. Put them in a dry box before bed After taking my hearing aids out at night, I give them a quick check for earwax or dirt around the ear tips and sound outlets, then put them in a dry box to help keep them dry. I pay extra attention to this step if I've been sweating a lot or spending time in a humid environment. I also check the ear tips and charging contacts regularly to make sure there's no noticeable buildup. It's a simple habit that makes daily cleaning and storage easier to keep up with.

None of this is especially complicated, but when it's cold, it's easy to rush while getting dressed or moving between indoors and outdoors. For me, the main things are avoiding moisture, making sure hats and scarves don't snag the devices, and getting into the habit of checking them every day. A little routine maintenance seems easier than dealing with a problem later.

For those of you who wear hearing aids in cold climates, are there any winter-specific habits you've found helpful?

I have Phonak Audéo Lumity L70 hearing aids connected to my iPhone through Bluetooth and the myPhonak app.
My hearing aids are currently connected to the app, but all iPhone system sounds—including notifications, keyboard clicks, and other alerts—are streamed directly to my hearing aids. I want to keep the hearing aids connected to the myPhonak app for adjustments and control, without streaming any iPhone system sounds to them.
I tried disabling Bluetooth streaming in the myPhonak app, but the setting keeps turning itself back on.
I noticed that iPhone has a separate MFi Hearing Devices pairing option under Accessibility → Hearing Devices. However, my hearing aids do not appear there.
My questions are:
Are Phonak Audéo Lumity L70 hearing aids compatible with Apple’s MFi Hearing Devices pairing feature?
Is there a way to pair them through this menu on an iPhone?
If MFi pairing is not supported, is there another way to keep the myPhonak app connected while completely preventing iPhone system sounds from being streamed to the hearing aids?
I would appreciate a specific solution that does not require muting or disabling system sounds on my iPhone.

I'm 20. This makes me very upset with myself.

My ENT recommended Signia Silk Charge&Go IX 2IX.

Should I consider it? I really love listening to music can I wear headphones on them? It's my first time I'm very stressed about this. My friends are already making fun of me. How do y'all feel at the start.

Hi there!

I started to wear hearing aids again as of ~2 weeks ago.

I tried wearing them in 2021 and 2024, both times I only lasted a month. I tried Jabra and Signia, this time I have Audibel. I don’t really know anything about the brands because I’ve been to a different audiologist each time so they seem to carry different things.

Every time I try hearing aids, they give me extremely painful headaches. I am always told this happens with adjustment to new sounds but I just don’t know if I believe that? It’s like, I put them on and within an hour I have a massive headache right behind my ears up into my temples, it’s unbearable. The headache will last all day too with no relief, even if I take the hearing aids out.

It was really nice to try them again and to hear everything at work and with friends, but I don’t know if I can do the headaches long term :(

Do they really go away? I’m always worried the audiologists are just brushing me off. Has anyone found relief in the mean time while waiting for them to go away?

The instructions that came with my Oticon HA, just like those that came with my Sony, advise to clean the contacts with a soft cloth, and NOT with solvents. The contacts on the aids are not reached by a soft cloth, and problems with charging are not resolved with a soft cloth. isopropyl alcohol works very well. What is the harm?

These have a lock on the tubes so they don’t move to much, any leads would be great please and thanks I’m in Ontario Canada

My grandpa has hearing aids. He has problem hearing in groups. He's gone to the audiologist multiple times and has tried different hearing aids, but non of them had a significant effect. He also tried the Resound Multi Mic, he understands better now but it is still not good.

Do any of you also have problems hearing in groups or noise restaurants. And if what are your solutions and what have you already tried.

Thanks in advance

After an unproductive trial with ReSound Vivia, I now have a demo pair of Signia Charge and Go Max 7 to try out.

These are brand new and I know my audiologist just got them in and has not had time to get familiar with them.

She was not all that familiar with the software. For example, she didn't understand the UI for setting up the tinnitus notch therapy. Tinnitus is the major reason I'm after some hearing aids, so this is a big deal to me. Working together, I was able to help her navigate the UI. We found my frequency and saved it to the program?

However, later when I got home and tried the app on my Android Pixel 7, it says that nothing is set up for tinnitus. There's nothing in there for me to adjust. It says I need to contact my audiologist. I think there is some low level of white noise, but it's hard to tell.

The other problem is again I have massive battery drain when the HAs are paired with the phone. It drops like 30% per hour.
When this happened with the Resound Vivias, it was easy to blame them. But now that it's happening with the Signias too, I have to consider that it's Android. And I'm not even streaming sound from the phone to the HAs.
The AI assistant in the Singia One app says that's just the way Bluetooth is, but that's not true. I use Bluetooth headphones all day and don't have battery drain like this. 30% per hour is not sustainable.

When I do stream from the phone to the HAs, the sound is a little better than with the Vivias. I'd still rather use my over ear headphones, and at least now I know the trick is to 'disconnect' them in bluetooth settings to make that stop.
But the only way to get the battery drain to stop is to tell the phone to forget them. Possibly I could turn off Bluetooth and see if that works. It's not a solution for me, because I need BT just about all the time, but it would be interesting to try.

I'm going to pair them again and see if anything is better next time. But it looks like I'll be going back to the audiologist to at least change some tinnitus settings and try to get that working in the app.

But if anyone has an idea about this battery drain issue, please help me out.

I am on day one of my Costco purchased Philips 9050's and was wondering what do I just need to accept and get used to versus what should the audiologist be able to dial in? For example, most sounds seem like they're coming from behind me, my own breathing (nasal) is annoyingly loud, sounds seem overdriven and/or louder than they should be (crumpling a piece of paper, for example).

This hearing aid was provided to me by the public healthcare system (SNS) in Portugal. I have moderate hearing loss in my left ear and severe hearing loss in my right ear. What are your thoughts on this device? I think this model is from 2021. Please share your opinions—covering everything from its hearing performance to its technical features, such as connectivity with Android and Windows.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for advice about my Phonak hearing aid.

I bought my hearing aids in Brazil, but I currently live in Portugal. One of them recently fell on the floor, and the casing behind the ear cracked.

The transparent wire is still intact, but the casing has become loose and floppy because it has lost some of its structure. The hearing aid itself still works perfectly and charges normally, so I can still use it as usual. As far as I can tell, the only problem is the physical damage to the casing, which is now more fragile, and the fact that the wire no longer stays properly supported.

I contacted Phonak support in Portugal, but I was told that the minimum charge is €280 just to send the device to the factory for servicing, plus postage to Lisbon. That seems excessive for what appears to be a small structural issue, especially since all the electronics still work.

I’m hoping to find a more affordable solution.

My questions:

Has anyone experienced something similar with a Phonak hearing aid?

Can the outer casing be replaced separately without sending the whole device to the factory?

Are there independent hearing aid repair technicians in Portugal or elsewhere in Europe who could fix this?

Is there a safe way to restore the casing’s structure, or would using adhesive risk damaging the device?

I’ve attached photos showing the damaged part.

I’d really appreciate any advice or recommendations. I’d rather avoid paying €280 if this can be repaired locally for a reasonable price.

Thank you!

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They come in Number 10, 13, 312 and 675 size.

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I’m helping my mom look into hearing aids and have been reading some of the older discussions here. Quite a few people mentioned Costco, and others seemed happy with pairs they bought online.
My biggest concern is whether she’ll find them easy to use without waiting for me to come over whenever a setting needs changing. Price matters too, but I’d hate for her to spend the money and then leave them in a drawer because they’re a hassle.

Hi, I have moderate SNHL loss (less than 50% speech comprehension also). I had Starkey’s livio ai since 2020, and just got fitted for the new mid-range oticon reveal.

please. please. tell me i’m not crazy.

1. both my ears feel “plugged”, my left side more significantly than the right. It sounds like when heavy-duty noise cancellation is on your ears and you can hear yourself breathe in your ear etc. at this moment of writing, it’s literally only the left side doing it.
2. music, regardless of volume or quality, sounds muddied, especially in the high tones, and then ends up crackling/adjusting/further muddying out just randomly through lines. the chorus can all be the same few notes, consistent, and it’s still happening. like multi-switching every second, immediate crackling, etc. even on the tiniest volume. Idk if it’s trying to level out the entire song to one volume or what, but thats not how my old ones acted. I listen to a lot of music, and I can’t enjoy it with these.
3. It’s prioritizing hearing random ass shit, like fans, over beeping and other alert noises, sometimes even speech? it’ll start adjusting where the fan noise is coming from, too.

4. i can hear it constantly readjust what mic and direction to use (person behind me talks in the same spot = switches directions of where the voice is coming from the entire time so i can’t tell where the person is).

5. my hair moving around cuts the volume immediately and turns it back up instead of calmly filtering it out. this is also a new problem, but weirdly enough wind does not affect them?

It’s only week 1 of the trial period, but it will cost a chunk of change to return…. I don’t think any of this is normal? I did not have any of these issues with my old ones even during the transition; I didn’t even know it was possible to have the issues I’m having for $6k. I have a feeling my audiologist will say “finish out your last week before we adjust!” but i am literally going crazy. I cannot stand the way they feel with the plugging, and I feel so disoriented having bullshit amplified vs normal reality-level volume. Is Oticon known for having these problems? Is my pair a lemon or did my audiologist mess up adjustments?

Sorry for the language, but I am beyond frustrated after finally getting updated hearing aids FOR SIX THOUSANDS DOLLARS for technology that seems shittier than 2020 starkey. I just want to hear things.

For Christmas I’m thinking of getting my mum a tv streamer and she has danalogic hearing aids. Before I go spending £200 just wondering if they’re any good or if they’re even worth it?

My one year old Unitron Moxi S-R HAs have a heck of a time with Bluetooth connection. Every time I want to connect to my laptop I have to re-add them even though they are in the list of paired devices.

They stay paired to my android phone but the connection is very intermittent, sound cuts out every 5-10 seconds for many seconds at a time.

They were not like this when I first got them. Now they are just a frustration.

Does anyone else have this problem and were you able to fix them?

EDIT FOR UPDATE: I go really frustrated and went down to the TMobile Store. The tech there took a look and found a setting called "AutoSelect Speaker In Call" and turned it off. This seems to have fixed it, only time will tell.

======================================================================Last night, My Iphone 16 was updated to IOS 27.0. This morning, the sounds of the ringing phone are heard through the phone's speakers, where in the past they were only heard through my hearing aids.
I cannot find where to switch this back.
I have looked in the “handoff settings” but there was no joy. Anyone have the same issue?

Ok my latest hearing aids are blue tooth which is great. But I have one odd issue. So I've paired my hearing aids with the phone, the laptop and the TV. Sometimes I want to listen to the TV in which case I make sure the TV Bluetooth is on. Other times I just want background noise so I don't switch on the TV Bluetooth.

When I've finished with the TV, I *have* to return to main menu and wait a moment before I switch off the TV. If I don't do this, I continue to receive the TV sound even though the TV is switched off. Tonight, the TV Bluetooth was off. I wasn't listening to the TV. I switched the TV off and suddenly I have the TV sounds playing on my hearing aids. Even though both the TV Bluetooth and TV are both off.

Any advice or explanation on this one please?​​

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I am posting this for my partner. He is mostly deaf in one ear and has low hearing in the other. The Costco hearing aids haven't worked for him at all. Any recommendations of what he should look at? He is anxious to see if anyone has a good recommendation.

I have purchased my last 2 sets of Hearing Aids from COSTCO and up till now have not had any issues, however my present Philips 9040s are now just out of warranty and my right side HD is DEAD. I went to my Costco yesterday to ask questions and we noticed I have 2 HAs with a blue dot. I have to admit I have never looked at the dots only the direction that the wire goes. So my question is. Have I been wearing 2 lefts for 3 1/2 years and is that a problem? I think it's test and I failed.

I am struggling with only one side working. What a pain. Watching the HAs blink 2 times- then again-in charger.

I have Lucid hearing aids less than 1 year old, still in warranty, has anyone having any luck having the store manager replace these with whatever brands they offer now? Or can we only depend on the class action suits for reimbursement?

So im in kind of a pickle here. I got out of the marines almost 4 years ago. I did 8 years, and got out pretty decent hearing loss. Over time it has slowly gotten worse to the point my wife can be sitting next to me on my left side talking and I cant really hear much of it. To the VA I never surpassed the threshold to rate hearing aids, well this last appointment I had I finally met the requirements to get said hearing aids. The issue is the lady told me (and so have other vets that have done this process) that it could be up to a year if not longer to finally get them. So in the meantime what are some readily decent OTC hearing aids I can get to hold me over.

So My grandpa has hearing difficulties and needs assistance hearing conversations clearly he tried some hearing aids but didn’t like it so we tried a set up with a wireless mic and live listen but he isn’t comfortable with the apple interface he prefers his android. Can someone suggest a good software/ app for android that we can use for live audio broadcast to a connected Bluetooth device? Or any other suggestions regrading a new setup?!
(Ps he does have hearing aids he simply doesn’t like using them)

Hello, I have Phonak Audéo Sphere 90 hearing aids and a remote control. The remote is from 2022, and I am unable to pair it. When I attempt to reset it to factory settings, the indicator light turns red instead of green. What can I do, or is it perhaps incompatible with the new Sphere models? I don’t have an appointment with my audiologist until next year (he has just undergone a major surgery).