title: Earmolds for patients with severe and profound hearing loss.
abstract: Fabricating feedback-free earmolds has become an increasingly critical problem as more powerful hearing aids become commonplace. Current earmold impression materials and techniques may be contributing to the problem. This paper evaluates current earmold materials and techniques and makes suggestions for modifications in current procedures to reduce or eliminate feedback.
mesh_terms: D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003638:Deafness / Q000628:therapy*; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans