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In Reply to: Clean your ears! posted by Christine Tham on April 26, 2007 at 17:54:28:
I went to the doc last week because I had this ringing in my skull whenever I used an electric shaver on my left cheek. It was a gradual thing but became so bad my eyeballs were oscillating. As it happens, if the outer canal is blocked enough, vibrations rattle through the bones. Even walking drove me crazy.Turns out I had a wad the size of a champagne cork jammed in down against the drum. When I ride my motorcycle, I wear earplugs to save my hearing, but ironically, I was compacting cerumen over a long period. I didn't have a clue to what I was doing until my shaver was rattling my brain.
I tried digging it out but no luck. I quickly found out that the skin inside an ear canal is very sensitive. It became inflamed and painful, so I had to seek help. I told the doc that maybe blasting caps or a firehose would do it, but she had other ideas. She got out a 50cc syringe, and shot warm water up there so hard I thought I was getting a cranial enema. But presto! Out rolled this cork. I could immediately hear sounds that I hadn't heard in a long time, such as traffic and cursing, CNN, gunshots, ... all the little things one misses.
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Follow Ups
- What? Can't hear you. - free.ranger 18:29:30 04/26/07 (3)
- Been there many times - Schu 05:50:38 04/27/07 (0)
- Damned if you do - unclestu52 18:39:23 04/26/07 (1)
- Interesting connection to in ear headphones - Christine Tham 19:01:26 04/26/07 (0)
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