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Professional ear cleaning [message #37721]

Thu, 06 January 2005 04:36

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Just a public service announcement to have this done each 6 months.

If you don't, your judgment is clouded.

We are talking whole ranges can be missed. Especially dynamics at the above 14K stuff.

Do it.

I have and do.

At 46, yes.

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37725 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 05:27

Peter Simonsen
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Registered: April 2004
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just had mine cleaned yesterday thank you !!! Wink

Kind regards

Peter

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37728 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 05:37

tamasdragon
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Registered: January 2005
Location: Hungary

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Could you tell me more about this. How is it going?
Best regards Tamas Dragon Shocked

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37730 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 06:15

overeasy
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Registered: May 2004
Location: NJ

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Anyone use over-the-counter methods? I've tried Murine a few times, but as I lay there with my head cocked 90deg to one side and I feel that waxy liquid bore its way through my skull, I have to wonder if I'm doing more harm than good.

Leo McClusky
NJ

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37731 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 06:17

RMoore
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I had that done once but I can tell you it didn't really thrill me having my ears at the mercy of & the procedure done by some assistant secretary who did maybe a 1 week 'doctors office reception assistant' course after high school..
Blasting warm water into my ear canal with an immense syringe type thing.
Also - it hurt like hell too..not too cool.
Sometimes I think they are too stuck in the middle ages with dentistry & medical practices here..
How do they do it over in the USA?

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37774 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 11:07

Ralf Kleemann
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Registered: August 2004
Location: near Hamburg, Germany

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Also very applicable if you are using in-ear monitors. My method is to use a 30-50 ml syringe (take the needle off please) and warm water. Others use oil, but I find that too messy. Kind of a wet topic, but necessary. No need to see your doctor for this, unless you haven't been there for a good while.

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37787 is a reply to message #37774 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 12:04

Nika Aldrich
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For those that are interested it's pretty easy. You pick up a little "ear kit" at the pharmacy or large grocery store for about $10. It contains a little blue ball-squirter thing and a bottle of carbamide peroxide. Brands typically found are Debrox or Murine. You put a couple drops in your ear and lie down on your side. For about 15 minutes you'll hear it bubble and fizz away, coagulating the ear wax into a ball of pretty nasty looking orange goo complete with hairs sticking out, etc. You then squirt warm water into the ear with the little squirter and hold your head sideways and the gunk comes out. It is advised to complete the process by flushing the ear with some rubbing alcohol to get rid of the water (to prevent ear infections).

This method works very well from my experience.

Nika

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37810 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 12:53

Rader Ranch
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Registered: April 2004
Location: TN

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how do you folks feel about ear candles? that's the only thing i've ever done at home....

...scott rader

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37818 is a reply to message #37810 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 13:31

zmix
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Registered: November 2004
Location: NY, NY

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Here is my recomendation:

Hydrogen peroxide, warm water and a bulb type ear syringe.

Mix the peroxide and warm, not hot, water 50-50.

Tilt head and gently fill ear canal with solution.

Give the peroxide some time to work, perhaps a minute or so. Hydrogen peroxide works because it disolves dead skin tissue ('wax').

Tilt ear down to drain solution from it.

Now *gently* flush the ear using the syringe filled with the warm water/ peroxide.

I cannot stress how gently you must treat the eardrum while flushing it..
Perhaps if you pretend that you are cleaning a vintage M7 capsule you will understand.

-CZ

- Chuck Zwicky

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37823 is a reply to message #37810 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 13:36

dcollins
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Rader Ranch wrote on Thu, 06 January 2005 10:53

how do you folks feel about ear candles? that's the only thing i've ever done at home....
...scott rader

Potentially dangerous quackery...

DC

Dave Collins Mastering

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37838 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 14:14

Thomas Lester
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Registered: July 2004
Location: Jacksonville, FL

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I know I'm about to get blasted here, but how bad is it that I'm a compulsive ear q-tip user? It's not that I'm trying clean my ears that much as it is that I get itches in my ears and use the q-tips to scratch them.

My hearing is still great. I get it tested at least once a year, but I've done this for several years.

-Tom

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37847 is a reply to message #37721 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 14:28

Dave @ D D
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Toronto

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Perfect timing or what ?

I'm recently having a bit of trouble with my right ear. There is something lodged in there that is occasionally causing a somewhat hollow, low frequency tone. Either that or I'm losing my mind (which is quite possible).
I asked my wife to listen for it and she doesn't hear a thing so it must be me.

I put up a mic and PAZ in the studio to see if it would pick it up but so far nothing conclusive. That is, it still must be something in my head.

I've tried the Hydrogen Peroxide and a warm water flush but so far no luck. I'll go to Shoppers Drug Mart and see if I can pick up something more "industrial."

Dave T.
D&D Music
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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37852 is a reply to message #37847 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 14:36

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Low frequency tinnitus. That has got to be a PITE. (pain it the ear!)

How about when you are falling asleep? Do you hear anything. If I have any tinnitus at all, this is the time when I can find it. I have done much study of tinnitus and to really get a grip on it, use some headphones and play music only on the left channel at moderate volume and "see" if the tinnitus come "up" in the affected ear... because if that is what it is, it certainly will, in the right ear. Providing stimulus to the opposite ear will cause the ear with the issue to raise the tinnitus to audible levels. Works every time.

Their are some rather obscure processes for taming and almost eleminating tinnitus.

Be happy to email you a ton of resources if you like.

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37858 is a reply to message #37838 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 14:47

Nika Aldrich
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Thomas Lester wrote on Thu, 06 January 2005 15:14

Tom,

How do I say, ... err... umm... "not so good?"

Scratching your ear canal with a Q-tip is ill advised, though I understand the feeling. Part of this is probably that you keep exposing the nerves by scratching off the skin, etc. I think you want to be really careful of this - it also exposes you to more ear infections.

Nika.

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37862 is a reply to message #37823 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 15:02

lucey
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Location: bucolic Ohio

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dcollins wrote on Thu, 06 January 2005 14:36

Rader Ranch wrote on Thu, 06 January 2005 10:53

how do you folks feel about ear candles? that's the only thing i've ever done at home....
...scott rader

Potentially dangerous quackery...

DC

You're an MD now too ? have you ever used one DC?

From years of experience and on behalf of many others, earwax candles are safe, chemical free, dry, very efficient and the most ingenious thing since sliced bread.

also very entertaining for friends and family Wink

i would not do a cleaning every 6 months with anything however ... 1 year intevals are fine

Brian Lucey
Magic Garden Mastering

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Re: Professional ear cleaning [message #37863 is a reply to message #37838 ]

Thu, 06 January 2005 15:04

lucey
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Thomas Lester wrote on Thu, 06 January 2005 15:14

a Q tip can be good or bad

good if you use it out of the shower and never go in too deep

bad if you use it such that it pushes the wax and dirt down in a pack.

do an earwax candle and your itch should be gone ... unless you get an itch from too LITTLE wax, which can also happen for a day or two.

Brian Lucey
Magic Garden Mastering

"the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ecology" - unknown

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