I wonder if you couldn't make some ear muffs styled after those shower caps
with the elastic bands.

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Ask your audiologist to order you a pair of "Swimmer's Ear Plugs."  Be
sure to tell him or her that you want "custom molds."  The audiologist
will take a silicone impression of each ear (including the outer half
of the canal), and the ear plugs that you will receive in a week or
two will fit you perfectly.  You should have no trouble then.

Hope this helps.

smn

I don't get water in my ears when I wash my hair.  Perhaps it is
because I don't tilt my head from side to side when washing it and
when rinsing I stand back to the spray and let the water wash
backwards but not over my ears?

I might be able to avoid water in the ears because my hair is longer
and the water flows down the hair shaft and away from the ears.

They have these things you can get from a beauty supply house that is
used to wash hair of people that are in a wheelchair.  It is like a
flexible plastic funnel that directs the water away from the head to
the back and theoretically down the sink so the person doesn't have to
get out of the chair.  You might be able to use it to shield your ears
and deflect the water away from them.

Custom earplugs that Nagler mentioned could cost upwards of $50
apiece, btw.

Terri

http://pub219.ezboard.com/btinnitusactivismandsupport

The sensitivity you describe is often due to abscence of good cerumen.
Some persons get return of their cerumen by using baby oil regularly before
they wash hair or might get water in the ear.
Once the normal cerumen returns, should be OK.
Murray Grossan, M.D.
http://www.ent-consult.com

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Buy a package of "daisy/solo" cups the smaller plastic cups that you would use
in a dispenser in your bathroom. While showering hold the cup tightly to the
side of your head to keep water out.

Good luck.

- jean