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Boppie:
I am dealing with an exceptionally small ear canal for my hearing aid.  TransEar is working with my audiologist and the fitting.  In case they can't fit me with the transear oscillator, I'll have to move to a different aid.  Does anyone have any ideas?

How lucky could I get.  I've had an AN and now I have the smallest ear canals seen before.  Small ear canals is one of the problems with fitting some children.  Geesh!

TransEar is very willing to work with me.

Windsong:
In what way is it small? when one approaches it?... as one goes into it?
towards the end of it?......I have a small ear canal also... for years my ent would comment on it whenever he had to put a tube in it lol... he's now quit commenting on it,  which is good... i was beginning to get a complex about it....




Thanks
Windsong

Boppie:
Here is the progress of my fitting.  My audiologist noticed that my ear canal was verrry narrow when she did the impressions for the inserts the aid builder makes.  Every ear canal is different.  The TransEar oscillator is inserted all the way into the outer ear canal past the "second bend in the S curve".  At that point in the canal (the ear drum area) the skin is thin and the bony portion of the canal is most accessible to the oscillator.  This is where the TransEar oscillator needs to vibrate. 

I am told by an expert at TransEar this:  If this area is miniscule in size we will have minimal contact for vibrations to pick up.  We want maximum contact.  Now the insert apparently has a bulbous end to make gentle pressure against that contact area.  Will we be able to insert the piece into my ear comfortably?  How small will we have to make it to get it to slide in there?  The audiologist has to shape the piece little by little to make it fit for me.  TransEar will work with us on this.  I will surely report all to you.  Just remember that your ear is probably better suited to a good, large oscillator insert.  So I want to encourage others to go for the TransEar and give it a try. 

I think my fitting will begin this week.  I believe this instrument has great promise for SSD.  We will see for my case.  If I can go through Translab, I can go with this.  And it is not anything like surgery!

I had no idea my ear canals were so small.  On the other hand my Mother is 5 feet tall, and I have a sister 4"10".  I am 5"4" and probably inherited some tiny traits.  My good ear has a bigger canal, go figure!  Is this deaf ear having atrophy?

Please, any nurses out there, tip me off if I need your information.

Obita:
Oh great.  I am a small person.  5'2" and 98 pounds with shoes and clothes on.  I guess I will expect to find out I have small ear canals when I see the augiologist on 11/6 and if I don't, yippee.

Will the TransEar interfere with glasses Boppie?  It does look like it.

Good luck and I am anxious to read your updates.  Kathy

Boppie:
No, the TransEar will not interfere with eyeglass side pieces.  I checked this out with the audiologist.  The conductor wire that extends from the canal up and around the ear to the unit in the back is very small.  At the intial fitting time, a measurement is taken to assure a good fit here.  Interestingly, I have medium size ears but a small canal.  We inherit lots of differences.   :)

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