<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have had ear candling done, but was not involved in tuning then, so I cant really comment on how my hearing was improved.  It did pull a significant amount of " stuff " out of my ears.</DIV> <DIV>It pulled up about 1/2" into the cone as I recall.  I like it because it is not associated with chemicals or pills. </DIV> <DIV>Have thought of doing it again, but havent located a place which sells " candles".</DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=i1ex@earthlink.net href="mailto:i1ex@earthlink.net">ilex cameron ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 2/20/2005 7:27:57 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> ear candles?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>hello hello again, list! </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I took quite a hiatus due to being too busy to keep up with the emails - I figured if I was deleting over half of what I was getting from the list just to maintain my inbox, that was a definite sign to go inactive!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Soooo, I was in some airy fairy gift shop today and saw ear candles and started wondering what "we" (of the piano tuner persuasion) think of such a device? Everyone I know who has used ear candles says they're just incredible, that even if you clean your ears regularly, these things manage to extract all sorts of gunk out of there, thus vastly improving your hearing. Thing is, you're only supposed to "ear candle" once or twice a year because your ears produce wax as a protective measure. So, my thought/question is that maybe ear candling *isn't* such a great idea?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Has anyone here done this or heard any scientific research on whether or not it really is a good idea?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yep, leave it to me to come back with some off-the-wall question like this ;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-"ilex" / holly ross</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=080532103-21022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>