[CAUT] Ear wax

[Carl Root]

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
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> 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.
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> http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1103/how-do-ear-candles-work
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> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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> From: 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
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> 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 
> > 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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