u/Yardbird-2470

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Trying to be prepared... just in case

I've been reading about all these people losing access to their google account and started looking into ways to be as prepared as I can in case it should ever happen to me (or my wife). This is what I've done so far:

My recovery email is not a gmail address. It's at a domain I've owned for decades.

Went through the security stuff and set my wife as trusted contact and all of the stuff you can do inside that security "worksheet"

Went to Google Takeout and downloaded my Subscriber Information which has the exact timestamp/datestamp for when the account was created

Downloaded the 10 backup codes

Ordered a pair of YubiKeys (hardware keys) which will be set up for both accounts when they arrive today.

How much is enough? I mean... I'm old and we've become VERY Google-centric. Losing an account wouldn't just be an inconvenience. Anything else I can do to ensure the best level of safety and preparedness?

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u/Yardbird-2470 — 15 hours ago

Considering switch from domes to skeleton earmold

I wore my Starkey Livio 2000 HAs for 6 years. RIC and domes. Just got new Omega AI 24 mRIC and audiologist fitted me with the same length wires ("no need to reinvent the wheel"). She originally fitted me with smaller domes that I'd been wearing for 6 years. The HAs backed out gradually. I compared them visually to my old hearing aids. Swapped the domes and reshaped the retention tails a little. Those 2 things helped a lot, and the left ear feels pretty good, but the right ear backs out. I never had to touch my old ones. Something's different and maybe it's just age-related changes? Anyways, I'm thinking about asking to be fitted for skeleton ear molds when I go in for my follow-up next week. (I have a 90 day trial period and I've only used 2 weeks of it.). My hearing loss is mostly high frequency and it's severe. Lower frequencies are actually near normal. If I ask for ear molds and we go that route, will I be without my hearing aids for a couple weeks? Or do they make the molds and then I go back to audiologist and she removes the domes and snaps my current receivers into the skeleton mold?

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u/Yardbird-2470 — 22 days ago