LiveWires: The Road To Custom Fitted Headphones. Part II: The Audiologist and the Ear Impressions

Before I could have my custom fitted headphones made by LiveWires, I would first have to provide them with inner ear impressions.  After all, they are not planning to build the headphones directly into my ear.  The ear impressions serve as a mold or road map for the engineers who will eventually build the headphones. 

Obviously, making a perfect ear impression requires the steady hand of a trained professional.  So, at shortly before 10:00 this morning, I found myself relaxing in the waiting room of The Hearing Health Center of Manassas, Inc., home of Licensed Audiologist Mary Jo Grote, PhD., CCC-A and Mark B. Grote, the Hearing Aid Technician with whom I would be meeting.

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