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hankjam

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I hope someone will be able to help me with this.
Male 65 years old......

For sometime I have small NHS hearing aids and they are okay. I have slowly being losing my hearing. It is slightly complicated by the ability of my ears to produce exceess amounts of wax, which is good at clogging up my aids. The newer ones are not so easy to clear as they now have a small mesh at the start of the tube.

In the past I have had the wax removed at the GP surgery, sometimes producing some impressive amounts of material. I have always been surprised that my hearing wasn't really that different before and after such treatments. This type of treatment is no longer available as it is now thought that the ear drum could be damaged by the water pressure.

I have been told by the local audiology unit that I will need to have my ears dewaxed before I can have another hearing test. Last one was 7 years ago.

To get was removed you now have to go private in my part of the world. Specsavers do it £55 if successfull, £25 if nothing is done.

Does anyone have experience of private operators doing microremoval of ear wax? If so, did it help?

Many thanks for reading this far. Take care
 
Not had it done personally, but I know of other people who had it done successfully with different companies. Hope you find the same.
 
hankjam said:
I hope someone will be able to help me with this.
Male 65 years old......

For sometime I have small NHS hearing aids and they are okay. I have slowly being losing my hearing. It is slightly complicated by the ability of my ears to produce exceess amounts of wax, which is good at clogging up my aids. The newer ones are not so easy to clear as they now have a small mesh at the start of the tube.

In the past I have had the wax removed at the GP surgery, sometimes producing some impressive amounts of material. I have always been surprised that my hearing wasn't really that different before and after such treatments. This type of treatment is no longer available as it is now thought that the ear drum could be damaged by the water pressure.

I have been told by the local audiology unit that I will need to have my ears dewaxed before I can have another hearing test. Last one was 7 years ago.

To get was removed you now have to go private in my part of the world. Specsavers do it £55 if successfull, £25 if nothing is done.

Does anyone have experience of private operators doing microremoval of ear wax? If so, did it help?

Many thanks for reading this far. Take care
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I am in the US. What is involved in microremoval? My audiologist uses a tool to pull out wax. My ear wax is sticky and clogs my hearing aids but I can change the filter. The ENT I saw used a suction. My primary care uses water. That is too bad you have to go elsewhere. Sorry I don't know more but all of those techniques work well.
 
I have similar problems and no longer available on NHS. Not tried Specsavers yet.
There are mobile ones too that come and do it at home which I might look into.
At the moment am managing with spiral ear screws off Amazon along with wax softener ansd I must say pretty good results.
 
JTL said:
I have similar problems and no longer available on NHS. Not tried Specsavers yet.
There are mobile ones too that come and do it at home which I might look into.
At the moment am managing with spiral ear screws off Amazon along with wax softener ansd I must say pretty good results.
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Thank you for this and I will investigate.
Take care
 
arnold from Holland said:
For as long as you don’t have damaged ear drums or a tube in/through your drums you can also fill your ear with Hydrogen Peroxide 3% (mouth wash) from phamacy or drug store

It will bubble like crazy, it feels really weird, but it clears your ears for a long time
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The ear drops I get contain 5% peroxide and yes it bubble and pops.
I lay on my side and let it soften up for ten minutes or until it stops fizzing away then use the ear screws.
The ear drops are available at MOST chemists for around three quid. OTEX.
 
I've done it so often now that I'm using just olive oil in the same way and no screws at all.
 
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