When and Where You Would Need a Custom Earmold
Whether you wear hearing aids or not, protecting your hearing from loud noises, water and other threats is a vital aspect of your overall aural health. That’s why The Hearing Group offers patients with the chance to be outfitted with our custom earmolds. They offer a host of benefits for those who work in certain professions or environments. Here’s a breakdown of when and where you should use them and why The Hearing Group is regarded as one of the leading custom earmold providers of northern New Jersey.
Protecting Your Ears from Water
Whether you’re at the pool, beach or even your shower or bathtub, every dip in the water comes with the risk for swimmer’s ear, a common infection of the ear canal typically caused by water trapped within the ear. That’s why swimmers, divers, lifeguards, coaches, other related professionals and people at home utilize our custom earmolds. With an individualized fit that seals the ear canal, water stays out, diminishing the risk of developing an ear infection.
Guarding Against Loud Noises
Ringing in the ears, hearing loss and other auditory issues most often develop due to excessive noise exposure. The Hearing Group’s custom earmolds can help guard your hearing against loud noises in a similar way that they keep water out of the ears – by sealing your ear canal and diverting the noise away. While unexpectedly loud noises can spring up anywhere, there are many professions that could benefit greatly from our custom earmolds due to increased noise exposure. These include:
- Miners
- Professional racers (cars, ATVs, motorcycles, etc.)
- Airport ground staff
- Event staffers for concerts or clubs
- Construction and industrial workers
- Operators of tractors, forklifts and other types of heavy machinery
Amplifying Sounds from Devices
While they are effective in protecting your hearing from noise and water damage, custom earmolds are also beneficial in amplifying the sounds you need to hear in noisy environments. In turn, they create an ideal acoustic environment to help you stay focused on the job. For example, musicians can filter the amount of noise they hear and listen for their cue without the interference of outside noise.
Custom earmolds are also used to better direct the sound from mp3 players, headsets and other amplified devices. They’re often used by pilots, law enforcement officers, dispatchers, broadcasters and more.
Complementing Hearing Aids
Our custom earmolds also provide effective sound transmission for hearing aids. They help those who are more sensitive to high pitches by cushioning the impact of those sounds. For those with difficulty hearing at lower frequencies, the snug fit of a custom earmold keeps the sound within the ear canal for enhanced amplification.
As your trusted custom earmold providers, The Hearing Group has the experience to outfit any type of hearing aid with this life-changing product. The size of your earmolds will depend on the size of your ear, power level of your hearing aid, its size and your preferences for colors and materials.
Custom Earmolds from The Hearing Group
Our custom earmolds are made from soft materials including vinyl, silicone and acrylic and are available in a wide range of colors. Their shape is derived from an impression taken directly from the patient’s ear for an exact fit. We work closely with Westone and Emtech to provide you with only the best quality earmolds. Audiologists at The Hearing Group will help you select the best style and material for your needs. To learn more, contact us today.