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post #1 of 8
5/31/11 at 2:24pm
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Is it weird that an audiophile website/forum that there are no dedicated section on ear hygiene?  Or where to find a clinic that does ear cleaning?  Or how much it is?  The only one I found in my area is called Medic Express.  They charge $100 for ear examination and ear cleaning is between $200-300eek.gif(very expensive w/o insurance)

 

     For cleaning yourself, I use Debrox earwax softener then use an ear syringe I bought from CVS to take out the softened ear wax.  Not the rubber syringe but the plastic one that looks like the one with a hyperdermic needle.

 

P.S. 

  Don't use ear candling!!!! 

 

Anyone has any suggestions on how to clean/maintain clean ears or where to find clinics, please post themredface.gif

 

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post #2 of 8
5/31/11 at 2:51pm

I use some fizzy saline spray from the pharmacist.

 

http://www.audiclean.co.uk/

 

Seems to work well, but makes me dizzy for a minute after using it.

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post #3 of 8
5/31/11 at 11:17pm
Earwax thread!

We have these now and then.

I occasionally use hydrogen peroxide to clear things out. I always rinse it out in the shower afterwards.

Q-Tips are great for regular cleaning. You'll get the argument about wax plugs being pushed farther in, but you can't push in a plug if one isn't there in the first place.

I also use a Japanese mimikaki device. Though I'm really white and have a European background, I get the flaky, dry kind of earwax. The Japanese have some wonderful tools for dealing with this. If you have this, you'll find some wonderful tools on eBay.

I don't see this as any more dangerous than using contact lenses. If you're careful, you can take care of wax issues yourself.
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post #4 of 8
6/3/11 at 11:45am

Some people use baby oil, olive oil or glycerin. I personally use glycerin every 2 weeks to maintain my ears clean. tongue.gif

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post #5 of 8
6/4/11 at 10:02am

Helpful tips?  Yeah, Q-Tips!

 

No, seriously, I once left work (hospital lab) at night, and a large moth flew into my ear and lodged in the ear canal.  That was bad enough, but the thing squirmed.  I went back to the lab, got a 60cc syringe (plain end, not Luer-lock) filled it with water, and flushed that thing out.  It was driving me crazy.  In the same way, after ONE ear flushing at the hands of professionals, I do it myself when necessary.

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post #6 of 8
6/4/11 at 3:06pm

I do nothing.  I think spending a lot of time cleaning the ears is silly and possibly dangerous.  I can hear just fine, and all I do is rinse in the shower with hot/warm water. 

 

Anything beyond that is obsessive IMO.  If it was better to have no wax in the ears, we wouldn't create wax in the first place. 

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post #7 of 8
6/4/11 at 4:08pm
I let my dogs give me chew noogies but I usually wipe them off before putting on headphones.
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post #8 of 8
6/4/11 at 4:13pm
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Originally Posted by MrJoshua View Post

I use some fizzy saline spray from the pharmacist.

 

http://www.audiclean.co.uk/

 

Seems to work well, but makes me dizzy for a minute after using it.


Oh yeah, fizzy saline, who knew.
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