variable hearing problem

[slavne]

My mother (93yo) has hearing aids. However the hearing capability often goes much worse. Also, it occasionally goes much better (then she hears quite well without hearing aids. She is in relatively good health for her age. Visited many hearing specialists, always determined quite clean ear pathways. Sinuses are not diagnosed as problem. Ear specialists do not see any problem. Never feeling dizziness, but sometimes feel full ear. Sometimes wax obstruct aid tube. Before having aids she had strong tinnitus, which is almost eliminated with obtained hearing aids. She has long morning sneezes, takes regularly medicines for hypertension and for glaucoma. Still the very large problem is the inconsistent hearing.

[specialmom]

I would say that she is losing her hearing as she ages but it comes back and it's not being picked up on testing.  Is that what you are saying?

[slavne]

Yes it is. During testing they printed the dB curve that was used as basis for hearing aid setup. At several occasions the similar curve was obtained, so they did not pick any variability at that time. The variable hearing appeared afterwords.

[specialmom]

That seems so out of the ordinary! Has she gained or lost weight? I swear, the change of face due to body fat changes the path of the ear canal.  That's just an off the wall theory, so take that only for that. But do you use any ear wax dissolving products in her ears? Like Debrox? This can help.  I do wonder with it coming going if that is not it. and some people just for whatever reason do produce more ear wax than others.