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Select Dome
OPEN
Place the hearing aid (powered on) in your ear (reference page
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30) with the dome attached to the thin tube. Open and close
your jaw with a chewing motion several times to ensure the
dome doesn't move out of your ear. Use the guide below to
help select another dome if necessary.
Keep in mind:
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- With a smaller, open dome, your voice is likely to sound
more natural.
- With a larger, closed dome, you may feel like you're speaking
in a barrel.
- Always start with trying smallest to largest open domes.
Then, try smallest to largest closed domes.
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CLOSED
VENTED
Dome Selection Guide
Issue
Recommedation
Try a smaller vented dome.
Dome is too tight
Try a smaller open dome.
Try a smaller closed dome.
Dome is too loose/
Try a larger vented dome.
Dome slips in ear
Try a larger open dome.
with jaw movement
Try a larger closed dome.
Try a different open dome,
starting with smallest.
Feedback/chirping
Try a closed dome,
from hearing aid
starting with smallest.
Try other feedback troubleshooting
tips (page 61)
Own voice is
Try aid without a dome.
uncomfortable
Try a smaller open or vented dome.
or booming
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