[CAUT] Ear wax

[David Love]

Yet another urban health myth.  Below is just one site debunking this
sometimes dangerous and useless procedure.  There are many more.  

 

 

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1103/how-do-ear-candles-work

 

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Zeno
Wood
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:55 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Ear wax

 

Paul,
This would be a good email for the PTG hearing list.
-Zeno

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Paul T Williams
<pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

Hi All, 

Have any of you ever done an "ear candle" to remove ear wax?  I did it last
night with my wife's help, and it's amazing how much better my ears are
working today!  It really sucks out a lot of junk you can't get with a
Q-tip. I had a cold a few weeks ago, and my ears have been bugging me ever
since.  Just plugged up.  I can open them up ala SCUBA style to equalize
pressure when diving, but they would just close back up a few minutes later.
Tuning wasn't so much of a problem, but voicing was really difficult before
I did this.  I'm still working on the Sty D with the new Steinway hammer
installation, and am in the final fine tuning of the voicing, and this
morning, it was much easier to hear what was going on. 

Best, 
Paul 

 

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