Hearing Aids and Glasses

RazWaz

Well I started wearing glasses (for distance, not reading) a couple of months ago, and I just can't seem to find a way to get them to comfortably fit along side my hearing aids.

Does anyone have any tips to try and fix things? I've taken to wearing a bandanna covering the skin behind my ear to stop the rubbing but it's not really the best solution.

GlasweJen

Go to your optician and ask to see a dispensing optician or someone who wears hearing aids.

If the legs on your glasses are plastic they can be heated and moulded around the aid for a snug fit. Snug fit cuts back on rubbing and stops the annoying feedback whistle as well.

If the legs are metal you can get the legs moved in or out to prevent rubbing.

I'm a glasses and hearing aid wearing dispensing optician but I need someone else to adjust my glasses as the dispenser needs to see how they are sitting together behind your ears.

Hear-Hear

Another option would be to arrange upgrade / replacement of your hearing aids. This will apply to you if your hearing aids are 3 years old or more, as this is now to be standard NHS protocol. You will find that hearing aids issued since the release of the last NHS catalogue in August 2010 are really really small and thin, and tend to fit much better than pre-2010 aids. The effect is even more beneficial for glasses wearers of course.

zaksmum

The only solution for me was to purchase in the ear hearing aids.

Much easier to wear with glasses.

RazWaz

I already have new hearing aids, they were replaced just a week ago after almost 10 years. It's just that I've only just started wearing glasses which is causing the problem.

I have metal frames, and they look about 1-2mm thick, so not sure they could go any thinner. I don't get a feedback whistle (good - it gives me tinnitus for hours). In ear hearing aids are not really an option for me, I can't afford them, and I have to have extra soft hearing aid moulds as I'm really sensitive around me hears and just wearing normal moulds hurts.

I've found putting on the bandanna, then the hearing aids, then the glasses to be the most comfortable, but I'm still stuck wearing a giant black bandanna.

Thank you for the suggestions though, I shall try and get down to an opticians and see if they can move the frames slightly.