[TheAwesomesauceShow]

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 $200-300

(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 them

 

 

[MrJoshua]

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.

 

[Uncle Erik]

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.

 

[charli3]

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

 

[Lazarus Short]

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.

 

[rhythmdevils]

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. 

 

[Happy Camper]

I let my dogs give me chew noogies but I usually wipe them off before putting on headphones.

 

[Happy Camper]

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.