Grant,

First things first.  I won’t be taking my hearing aids with me when I go either, smile.  Secondly, for me it isn’t the ear canal; it is outside the shell of the ear.  When my hair, what I have left, grows out, it is right over the microphone opening.  I have to make sure my hair is dry so nothing drips on to the microphone where the microphone compartment sits on the back of my ear.  I get my hair cut every three weeks and I don’t even take my hearing aids with me on those days for fear of tiny fragments of  hair  might get  into the compartment through the tiny microphone opening.  There is also a plastic tiny grill, or screen, over the tip of the microphone inside and that screen is coated with a special chemical that tries to repel oils, fine dust particles, moisture, and everything else one can think of.  He cleaned those screens today but did not like what he saw so he put new screens on and is sending the old screens back to the company for repairs and updates.  But then, you likely already know all this type of thing.  Sandy and I have had our hearing aids for about a year now, Sandy a few months longer, and you should listen to us when getting ready for bed at night after we have taken our hearing aids out, hah hah.  Maybe I should record it some night and put it on my website.  Hot dog!  I hit the big time with that business idea.

Phil.




> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Grant Metcalf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hey Phil!
> How did all that dirt get in your ears? What have you been listening to? smile!
> Don't you know that you are supposed to tilt your head while in the shower and let some water run into one ear canal and out the other? Haha! Of course, there is also the little bottles of saline which you can use to wrince out the filth as well. Unfortunately, shaking your head and flapping your ears like my Guide Dog want work for you. LOL!
> In the mean time, I'll be
> 
> Listening for His shout! with or without my hearing aids.
> Grant
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Phil Scovell
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 2:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Hearing aids
> 
> My younger sister took me to have my hearing aids cleaned today and he replaced some small screens which help protect the microphone openings. Boy, it sure made a big difference, too.
> 
> Phil.