[CAUT] Ear wax

[McCoy, Alan]

I'll second Carl's plea. Do not use Q-tips or anything else smaller than your elbow in your ear. You are begging for trouble if you do. You need your ears.

There are those of us who are wax makers. I am one such person. When it happens that my ears are hopelessly plugged and the warm water and syringe doesn't do the trick, I go to the doc to get the wax sucked out. Yep. Disgusting. But it is safe and it works.

Alan

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From: Carl Root <carldroot at comcast.net>
Reply-To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:00:46 -0800
To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Ear wax

What's wrong with the traditional bulb syringe and warm water?

 OK, so it does take persistence.

. . .  and please don't use Q-tips.

Carl



On Dec 1, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:

No myth my friend.  Doubters.  How do you explain my open ears today, then?  Act of God?

Paul




 From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
 To: <caut at ptg.org>
 Date: 12/01/2010 11:24 AM
 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Ear wax

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Yet another urban health myth.  Below is just one site debunking this sometimes dangerous and useless procedure.  There are many more.


http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1103/how-do-ear-candles-work <http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1103/how-do-ear-candles-work>


David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com <www.davidlovepianos.com>

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org <mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org> ] On Behalf Of Zeno Wood
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:55 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Ear wax

Paul,
 This would be a good email for the PTG hearing list.
 -Zeno
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu <mailto:pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > wrote:
Hi All,

Have any of you ever done an "ear candle" to remove ear wax?  I did it last night with my wife's help, and it's amazing how much better my ears are working today!  It really sucks out a lot of junk you can't get with a Q-tip. I had a cold a few weeks ago, and my ears have been bugging me ever since.  Just plugged up.  I can open them up ala SCUBA style to equalize pressure when diving, but they would just close back up a few minutes later.  Tuning wasn't so much of a problem, but voicing was really difficult before I did this.  I'm still working on the Sty D with the new Steinway hammer installation, and am in the final fine tuning of the voicing, and this morning, it was much easier to hear what was going on.

Best,
Paul




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