Ear Gear is made from a double wall nylon-spandex blend which protects your hearing instruments from dirt and sweat. Hand washable, soft and durable, the protective spandex covers are comfortable to wear, preventing chafing and irritation of the delicate skin behind the ear. Ear Gear comes in a range of colours for a variety of hearings aids and cochlear implants. These covers are removable and help protect the aids against moisture and dirt. The current range of NHS hearing aids and cochlear implants features a selection of colours, including bright primary colours, softer pastels, metallics and animal print. This is great news for children, who may not be as keen on the beige, brown and grey shades that adults often wear.

Importantly, Ear Gear has been tested and found to be effectively acoustically transparent; there is virtually no loss of sound quality with Ear Gear. Suitable for everyone and ideal for children, Ear Gear cover the hearing aid and help keep small fingers at bay. This product ships as a cordless pair of Ear Gear sleeves, if you wear a pair of hearing aids you have one for each ear, if you wear a single hearing aid you have a spare! We don’t use foils that need acetone to remove them, as this would damage the implant, and we also keep the decorations away from the microphone.” Ear Gear is a spandex sleeve that slides onto your hearing instrument to protect it from moisture, sweat, dust, dirt and wind noise. The Ear Gear corded models come with a 9-inch elastic cord and clip that can be attached to clothing, preventing your hearing instrument from falling off and getting lost.Ear Gear is a unique product, it protects your BTE hearing instruments from loss, dust, moisture and sweat. It helps reduce wind noise on the microphones of your hearing aids. It also look pretty good too! N.B. it is water resistant NOT waterproof! You can hand wash with a mild detergent, then rinse your Ear Gear under cold running water and allow it to drip dry).

We decorate the aids with nail foils and jibbitz (used for decorating croc shoes) as tube riders. We also use nail foils on the clip-on retainers and beads on the retainer strings. Nothing we add is glued on permanently and nothing covers the microphones.” Just make sure the design is only at the front of the softband and doesn't interfere with the microphone.” Ear gear will help protect your hearing aid from dirt, dust, sweat, moisture and loss. They can also reduce the effect of wind noise.Skinit covers are available for the Cochlear Nucleus Freedom, Cochlear Nucleus 5, Advanced Bionics Harmony and Advanced Bionics Neptune sound processors. Ear Gear has a unique double wall of spandex that provides protection against sweat, rain, and moisture of all kinds. Ear Gear’s spandex will actually absorb moisture, in many cases preventing it from reaching the hearing instrument’s microphone port, battery door, or sensitive interior circuitry. Available in a variety of different fun and attractive colours, and in different sizes to suit different hearing instruments Ear Gear can also transform your hearing aid into a fashion accessory! There are also versions specifically for people who wear hearing aids and glasses. In addition to our standard Ear Gear colors, we offer a wide range of custom options. You can even mix and match colors between each sleeve, the cord, and the clip to reflect your unique personality.