[fiddler]

Scary experience:

Just the other day i pulled out my etys er-4s, albeit rather quickly, and then suddenly I get a bit of shock. Oh god, what's happened to my hearing in my right ear??? Can't hear a damn thing...

The triple-flange tip had slipped off the IEM, and got stuck in my ear. They were in too deep to get them out with my fingers, so I had to find tweezers...

I think, that the tips must have lost their elasticity and that I should probably change them rather urgently.

 

[0458]

Damn, glad you got them out your ear

I bet you freaked right out when that happened?
I know I would...

Good thing you had some tweezers handy!

 

[anadin]

I had exactly the same experience happen to me.

I was travelling on a train and it S**T the life out of me.

I had to embark from the train at the nearest possible station and find a chemist where I purchased a pair of tweezers and finally managed to pull the the tip from deep within my ear canal.

Not a nice experience let me tell you, ever since then I have never worn IEM's.

 

[mark2410]

happened to me yesterday, with a pair of UE bi flange tips from my triple.fi's wasnt a fun moment as i wasnt in the house when it happened. got it out fine though

 

[iriverdude]

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Not a nice experience let me tell you, ever since then I have never worn IEM's.

Not the end of the world was it? You could always go a to doctors clinic, the nurse will remove it.

 

[Kabeer]

Doh!

 

[fiddler]

ya, it's funny. i've had etys for years now and never had the problem. and yes, i did panic, which is about the last thing you should do when it's rather important that you don't turn a bad situation into a critical one...

 

[0458]

You should be greatfull your ear wasn't hungry

 

[Skin]

wow you people must be really jamming them in there. i wouldnt stick the entire tip that deep into my ear even if i could

 

[member1982]

i always take them out slowly.

 

[Squirsier]

Happened quite often with my SA6

 

[ericj]

If you'd been using FULL-SIZE HEADPHONES you might not have had that problem.

 

[fiddler]

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Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you'd been using FULL-SIZE HEADPHONES you might not have had that problem.

yep that's just super.

 

[lucky]

Use phones whose tips don't detach easily. Score one for the EP630!

 

[ericj]

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Originally Posted by fiddler /img/forum/go_quote.gif yep that's just super.

Just saying. Since this is the full-size forum.