that's a lot of ear wax

[aaronb]

i thought i would share  IZ_ pic of what i pulled out of my head.  my left ear is working much better now

[Mother]

maybe you should shower a little more often

[River]

OVER-SHARING!

[Buckethead]

One more reason to wear ear plugs when you ride.

Aside from saving your hearing, it'll help keep this from happening.

Which will in turn help keep you from sharing details like this.

Earplugs. Everyone wins.

[IZ]

my left ear is working much better now

I'm sure!

That would be a conductive hearing loss due to impacted earwax..not uncommon. 

I doubt that amount would cause a significant hearing loss though. 

I'd go to your family doctor and have the nurse clean your ears thoroughly.  It actually feels good when they use the giant syringe to drain your ear.  I had this done a few years back.  I nearly sh*t my pants when I saw the plug that came out of my ear.    It was the same size as a protective earplug but twice the length!!     I should have done a pre/post hearing test on myself.  I was probably losing about 5-10dB in that ear!

I have a dual degree in SLP & Audiology.  The Audiology teacher always preached against Q-tips since they compact the cerumen in the ear canal.

The built up earwax should come out on it's own.  Kind of disgusting though when you see a big ball of dirt and wax just fall out of someone's ear onto the table.   

BTW..the stories the teacher told us about what he found in pateint's ears..     

[Fresh Pants]

OVER-SHARING!

[Kopfjäger]

Can you pollish your tank with that wax?

[erkishhorde]

When my sister was a kid she somehow scratched the inside of her ear and the blood clot looked like a raisin. The doc didn't know it was a blood clot until he pulled it out.

On topic... TMI 

Also, you're not supposed to try to clean out ear wax with a cotton swap. It tends to push the wax farther in. You're supposed to use those ear scraper thingies but you gotta be careful with those too. 

[He Man]

you should stick one up the nose then take a pic of what you find.  (warning i dont  take responsibility if you kill yourself)

I vote this post to almost as disturbing as the chainsaw and coochie post.

[duccarlos]

+1 with having your doc clean it out. You would then use the ear scrapper to keep it clear. My wife is always disgusted with my thick ass ear wax.

[TiNi]

definitely tmi 

[derby]

Also, you're not supposed to try to clean out ear wax with a cotton swap. It tends to push the wax farther in. You're supposed to use those ear scraper thingies but you gotta be careful with those too. 

it sounds better when the guy with two degrees related to the subject says it:

I have a dual degree in SLP & Audiology.  The Audiology teacher always preached against Q-tips since they compact the cerumen in the ear canal.

[needtorque]

My med-surg instructor showed a picture of a tiny black dot on the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and had us guessing what it was.  I ended up getting it.  It was the little rubber tip from the end of a bobby pin.  Putting anything in your ear can be dangerous. 

My brother came over the other day and actually brought with him a little brown ball about the size of a rabbit turd.  It was a ball of hardened ear-wax that fell out after his shower.  Gross.

[ducducgooseme]

i thought i would share  IZ_ pic of what i pulled out of my head.  my left ear is working much better now

All the DMF ladies are just lining up at your door now. 

[TiNi]

All the DMF ladies are just lining up at your door now.