I can hear EVERYTHING!

Devrij

Devrij

Devrij

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Both my ears have been blocked with wax for two months, leaving me about 50% deaf for that time, and I have just returned from hospital after having my ears suctioned out (syringing failed). Suction hurts like hell btw, and the noise is almost as bad as the pain, but it was still worth it to become ****ing superman!

My mechanical kb sounds like someone playing the castanets, my indicator stalks snapping back into place sound like tree trunks being broken, and every movement is accompanied by the rustling of my clothes. Driving my once peacefully silent car is now like piloting a tractor through a hurricane over cobbled roads!

Yes, I even heard you fart while you were reading this.

Pointless thread is pointless, I know, but anyone who has ears blocked up, go get it sorted because it is insane what you've been missing.
 
You can get a liquid that dissolves ear wax which can help prevent the build up in the first place. You can hear it working as well, which is properly strange.
 
I had a similar issue a while back. Had some heavy wavy buildup in both ears. I had to put almond oil in my ears for a week to soften the wax, then a nurse at my local GP used some sort of hot water gun to blast the wax out of my ears.

The difference in my hearing was incredible. I had no idea how much my hearing had been gradually declining as the wax slowly built up until I could hear again at full volume.
 
TheVoice said:
Earex. Although OP would have presumably tried that first.
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Yeah, I spent two months filling my ears with olive oil and Otex to no avail. The ENT suggested that maybe once a month I should fill my ear with water in the shower and let it run out to prevent subsequent buildups, but not to do it too regularly because you do need the wax.

Gilly said:
Are you better off for this noise?
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Right now, it's a bit irritating because my gpu and case fans sound incredibly noisy, and the slightly open window is letting in sounds from outside. But in a quiet spot it's cool to listen to all the little things I had missed. It should level out after a day or two, so I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts.
 
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I regularly uses an ear digger (looks like a very long tiny Sundae spoon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_pick

Parents did it for me up until I was 10 beofre I start doing it myself and has become a routine ear cleaniness routine. Every 6 weeks-ish. I only use to the scoop, the puff and bud ends are not needed as you're suppose to coax it out, not push it in.
 
Mr Jones said:
I regularly uses an ear digger (looks like a very long tiny Sundae spoon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_pick

Parents did it for me up until I was 10 beofre I start doing it myself and has become a routine ear cleaniness routine. Every 6 weeks-ish. I only use to the scoop, the puff and bud ends are not needed as you're suppose to coax it out, not push it in.
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I'll leave the poking around in my ear to the pros, I'd probably scoop out my eardrum :p
 
I've always been put off having mine syringed due to the screams of agony I heard from a woman in A&E after she'd had it done that day.
 
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