1) Fit tubing in the ear mold

1. You sanitize your hand first and handle the hearing aid with the sanitizing cloth, and do the exact action with the statement as below:
2. Before using any tool, sanitize first.

In our office, we wash our hands before handling the ear mold and the tubing. The old tubing is removed from the ear mold and the mold is cleaned. The new tubing is installed like this using a tubing puller to insert the tube inside the ear mold. I pull the tube back a little bit more, cut, put some glue at the end of the tubing and then pull back a little bit more and put some glue at the opposite side. I finish the replacement of the tube.

2) Install the tube in the BTE/

    Fit BTE assembly to the ear

3. Before using any tool, sanitize first.

Before I do it, I must check the ear canals of my patients. I sanitize my hand and clean the ear mold and tubing assembly before I insert it into the ear. BTE is cleaned and placed over the ear. Then I mark the correct length of the tubing for a proper fit. I mark a little bit more because there should be a little room to move around without any tension with the ear. Remove the ear mold and BTE from the ear. Cut the tubing on the mark. The ear mold tubing is attached to the ear hook using tubing stretcher. Finally, clean up the assembly.  The ear mold and BTE are placed over the patient’s ear.

After this, I wash my hand.