In One Ear...
Shortly after I moved to the Noog, one of my ears became blocked by wax. That had never happened before in my life, so I blamed it on the sudden return to a humid climate.
It has happened again (same ear). Is it because of humidity again? (If so, why a year after I moved here?) Is it air pressure? Is it the way I sleep, or my pillow?
Wax-melting eardrops restored me to partial hearing on Saturday, but I reclogged Sunday. I had partial hearing for a short time this morning. The rest of the day, I've walked around, turning my good ear to people who talk to me, and developing a headache just on the deaf side of my head.
Another inconvenience may lead me to temporarily change the radio station in my car. When you're living with just one ear, a classical radio station can confuse one's brain into thinking it hears a siren or one of one's mobile phones.
posted by Captain Chlorophyll @ 4:03 PM
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I am he who treads a dangerous path; I put the swab all the way into my ear canal.
Never really have had an issue with wax since I have been doing it. I don't let it build up in the first place.
I wait until after I shower so the wax is soft. But the drops are probably a better way to clean the canal if it has lots of buildup, otherwise you run the risk of impacting the wax.
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Ear wax is ridiculously annoying. Did you try syringing out your ears? Sometimes that works, although it always takes me entirely too many attempts.
I run a cotton swab outside the ear canal after using the drops, but it doesn't collect much of anything. I probably ought to get a syringe, or go see a doctor.
If it's impacted enough to affect your hearing, you're not going to get it out with a swab. (And, of course, shouldn't poke any further into the ear than you already did.) A few days' worth of drops followed by syringing might do it, but it can be difficult. A doctor can syringe it out for you much more efficiently, but, of course, much more expensively.
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