Calgary: 403-270-7425 Grande Prairie: 780-538-2744 High River: 403-652-7721 Lethbridge: 1-866-402-5552
Change Starker Receiver-in-Canal
How to Change Starkey Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) Wax Guards – Soundwave Hearing Care
For this video, we’re going to show you how to change your wax guard on your Starkey receiver-in-canal, or RIC, hearing aid. So, what you will need is your hearing aid and your wax guards.
To do this, you’re going to need to remove this little silicone umbrella or dome by grabbing the side and pulling it off.
What we’ve now done is expose a little white filter that’s there to prevent earwax from getting into the receiver. This should be your first line of defence anytime you feel like your hearing aid is not working or is weak. If a little bit of wax gets into this, the wax guard will block the sound from coming out.
So, to replace this filter, you’re going to take one of these replacement wax guards. There’s a bunch of sticks.
You will remove one stick. As you can see, on one end is a sharper point and on the other is a new filter.
To remove the old wax guard, you’re going to use the sharper end and just gently push in and pull out.
As you can see, we have removed the wax guard. Flip the stick over and push directly back in.
After we have replaced it, you’ll then need to line up the little silicone dome or umbrella. Push it on and then give it a little bit of a tug. It is now staying on.
Calgary and Alberta Hearing Aids
At Soundwave Hearing Care, we offer hearing aids and other management techniques so that you can hear the world around you more clearly. To make an appointment with an audiologist, get in touch with Soundwave Hearing Care right away.
Transcript
For this video, we’re going to show you how to change your wax guard on your Starkey receiver-in-the-canal, or RIC, hearing aid.
So, what you will need is your hearing aid and your wax guards.
To do this you’re going to need to remove this little silicone umbrella, or dome, by grabbing the side and pulling it off.
We’ve now exposed a little white filter. That prevents earwax from entering.
Using the sharp end of the stick, gently push in and pull out the old filter, flip it over, push the new one in, discard the stick, replace the silicone dome by aligning and pressing it on, then give it a little tug. It’s now secure.
How to Videos
How to Change a Hearing Aid Battery
How to Change a Wax Guard for a Custom Hearing Aid
How to Change Phonak Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) Wax Guards
How to Change ReSound Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) Wax Guards
How to Change Starkey Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) Wax Guards
How to Charge ReSound Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) Hearing Aids
How to Pair ReSound Hearing Aids to an Android Cellphone
How to Pair Phonak Hearing Aids to an Android Cellphone
How to Charge Starkey Receiver-in-Canal (RIC) or Behind-the-Ear (BTE) Hearing Aids
How to Pair ReSound Hearing Aids to an iPhone
