My Hearing Condition ,Please read this

[Jeannie Grassi]

Hi Terry,
A very gentle, yet effective way is with an ear candle.  But you can't do it
to yourself.  My massage therapist offers it as one of her services.  Others
do as well.  It is not as invasive as flushing out the ear, the way a doctor
might do it.  I want to be as gentle and careful as I can with my ears.  No
one will be flushing out my ears!

jeannie

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 6:46 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: My Hearing Condition ,Please read this


I do have wax build up at times (oh, this is soooo personal!). So how can
one remove wax without the ear syringe? I had always worried a bit about
that. Thanks for any info.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Wilson" <pianotechnicianuk@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: My Hearing Condition ,Please read this


> Here's a warning to anyone who has a build up of wax
> from time to time.
> Never have the ear syringed (that is a water jet
> machine to wash out the
> wax.)  I lost the hearing in one ear for 6 weeks after
> this procedure.  The
> hospital dept disagreed with my local surgery's
> decision to syringe.  At the
> hospital they use micro-fine tools which you can
> hardly feel.  The water-jet syringe
> can bruise and batter the ear drum.
>
> Not quite so worrying if you work in an office - but
> if you earn your living by
> tuning pianos take great care.  The hospital advise
> "Never put anything smaller
> than your elbow in your ear!"  Fortunately, my hearing
> fully recovered after a
> few weeks but at the time I was very worried it might
> not return!
>
> Greetings from London.
>
> Bob Wilson.
>
>
> --- Paul McCloud <pmc333@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Simone:
> >     I am sorry to hear of your malaise.  My mother
> > was an audiologist,
> > so I would have asked her about this, but it seems
> > you've already gone
> > to many of them already.
> >     After about 10  years of tuning, I finally
> > realized that I was
> > getting sensitive to the loud pounding I was doing
> > on the pianos.  I got
> > some Musician's ear plugs from my mother (custom
> > fit).  I found them
> > uncomfortable.  I later got those ER 15's from
> > Musician's Friend and I
> > use them now.  They do help a lot.
> >     I also have friends who have damaged their
> > hearing in various ways,
> > rock bands and firearms, etc.  They can't stand any
> > loud noise at all,
> > even with ear plugs is uncomfortable.
> >     Since your chosen occupation is on the line, I
> > hope you can at least
> > mitigate this problem.  Hearing loss is a delayed
> > reaction to something
> > you did to cause it.
> >     Wish I could help.  Good luck,
> >     Paul McCloud
> >     San Diego
> >
> > --
> > mailto:pmc333@earthlink.net
> >
> >
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
> http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/