Ear Wax micro-suction

Why do I have a build up of ear wax?

You can’t prevent ear wax. It’s there to protect your ears from dirt and germs. Nevertheless, there are several reasons why you might get a build-up of earwax:

• you just have more wax in your ears (some people naturally do).
• you have hairy or narrow canals (the tubes that link the eardrum and outer ear).
• your age – wax gets harder and more difficult to fall out.
• hearing aids, earplugs, and other things you place within your ear might be pushing the wax further in.

The build-up of ear wax

Ear wax may fall out of your ear over time, just through a natural process, but you should never attempt to remove it by inserting anything into your ear – especially cotton buds.

Regular ear wax softening products may induce ear wax to come out, but this can take some time and can actually make the situation worse – check the ingredients before you start or, better still, call us for free and ask our advice. Call us if it is irritating and/or painful because you would like immediate relief.

The best solution

We remove ear wax by micro-suction. Micro suction is the safest and best technique to treat impacted ear wax. It can be used on sensitive ears and is also an excellent treatment for existing hearing aid users.

Notes for Jane

• Inconvenience of diy ear wax removal. BLOG IDEA
• More and more gadgets on market for people to do it themselves. BLOG IDEA
• Beware non professionals sticking things in your ear. BLOG IDEA
• Did you know you have two bends in your ear. Shouldn’t be allowed to go near someone’s ears.
• No regulation. Ian is regulated by the HCPC health and care professionals council but that procedure isn’t regulated.
• Benefits:
• When we are doing it, we are looking at what is being removed (looking down ear canal with bright light to see exactly what taking out. Any other method like water, squirt and hook. Keep stopping to look. Much more exact and safer process. In the right hands.
• The more experienced, the faster they can do it and less noise damage to that person. Suction in ear is loud so need to be nimble.
• Clear the ear. In past danger of syringing so there is potential damage to ear drum which is delicate.
• 3-6 months go back as ears not cleared properly in first place.
• Because looking at what doing when doing it, hoover whole lot out.
• Swimming without ear plugs (depending on where swimming as you may not want that type of water in your ear canal, as it is welcoming environment for bugs.
• Whilst doing it, can see and identify any other problems that person may have because can now see the ear drum. Show them on screen condition of ears to identify other issues to refer on.
• Helps with balance
• Hearing loss caused by medication after an operation
• Ensure appointment times and convenient flexible – easy parking
• Ensure the audiologist is professionally qualified
• Pre and post sales service – try out the hearing aids in your daily working life to ensure happy when you make the purchase.
• What happens if there are problems with the aids at some times.
• Our expertise is audiology. We focus on helping our clients find the right solution for their needs.
• Awarded fellowship of British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists in 2002. 25 years experience of helping with hearing issues.
• Issues that high street providers are not familiar with and therefore can’t help.
• We offer convenient times and easy ear hearing care.
• Evenings and weekends.
• Trial aids to use in everyday situation – without charge.
• If an aid has gone wrong, we can quickly help you and loan another aid during repair.
• We are happy to help because you are the key to our success. Our clients are pleased to recommend us to many more and we would love to be able to help you in the same way.

Pre-cursor to hearing aid fitting.

Working how well you are currently hearing things in different situations.

Want to hear better, find out what you are missing and how best helped various settings to put into hearing aids.

A benchmark of their hearing ability at that point.

Diagnosing hearing issues.

Not really any different to a normal hearing test.

Superior hearing assessment is not a diagnostic test.

Hearing scanner. Anytime who talks about potential hearing problems. Find out if you need a diagnostic test. Hearing test. Photo of hearing scanner.

Micro-suction

An innovative wax-removal technique

It is an innovative wax-removal technique that uses binocular vision complete with high-intensity light (which allows depth perception and magnification) to look straight into the ear canal. It employs a very fine sterile suction device at safe, low pressure to remove the wax build-up.

Thus, the micro suction technique for ear wax removal means that we can always see precisely what we are doing and can avoid touching the skin on the sides of the ear canal, which makes the process a lot more comfortable, even if we occasionally need to use other instruments or techniques to remove hard wax.

Compared to traditional forms of wax removal such as ear drops and irrigation or syringing, micro suction is safer, quicker, generally better tolerated and more effective and can usually be done immediately, without having to wait weeks for drops to soften the ear wax.