My hearing has been getting worse the past few years. Many years of shooting without (on occasion) proper hearing protection, a few occasions hunting where the guy next to me shot and the muzzle blast set my ears a ringing (it happens when hunting on occasion, not unsafe shooting just kinda close and not healthy for the ears). A couple decades of work driving cop cars with the siren blaring or having others cops or fire trucks and ambulances drive up with the siren on. Living in the dry desert with lots of blowing dust and sand working it's way into my ear and the dry air hardening up the ear wax like cement.
I have always tried to keep them clean as best I can but aside from swimming or rinsing them out in the shower I never used any ear flush stuff. Last week my hearing seemed worse than normal so I mixed up 50/50 water and 3% peroxide and used that in my ears. I could hear it fizzing in my right ear but not my left ear. I let it soak about 5 minutes in each ear, rinsed and repeated 4 more times each ear. I didn't notice an improvement. My GF came home with an ear rinse kit so that night I used the ear drops and let them set as directed and rinsed with the suction bulb thing they included, and didn't notice an improvement. But, yesterday I used the ear candles she bought and was surprised at the crud it was able to draw up out of my ears. She had bought 2 and used one on her son the night before because his ear was bothering him and they were surprised at what came out of his ear. That left one candle for me so I used it on my left ear, which was the worst one, and I not only noticed a difference in hearing afterward I could tell my left ear felt different than my right ear. Maybe a pressure/balance thing? Anyways we headed to town to buy more ear candles, enough for everyone and 2 sets for me. When we got home I used on in my right ear and noticed the improvement. Last night I used the ear drops and bulb rinse again in the shower and could feel it working this time. Today my ears are kinda itchy a bit, nothing uncomfortable, I assume they are getting used to being cleaner.
I haven't had a chance to see if my hearing has improved much, the biggest thing will be if I can hear the TV while others in the room are making noise because the background noise made it very difficult to hear the TV or conversations. I do plan to keep using the ear drops/flush and will occasional use the water/peroxide rinse. I will also use some olive oil in the ear to soften things up and probably next week I will use the ear candles again to see if more stuff gets drawn out. I am hoping this helps, it will be another year or two before I can afford a hearing test or possibly hearing aids. (no insurance)
Just wanted to share, hope this helps someone. I knew of ear candles for years but never put much belief into them but after using them and opening them up afterwards and seeing the bits of ear wax up into the tube, and even a tiny bit of dirt about the size of the head of a pin, I am convinced they work.
I have always tried to keep them clean as best I can but aside from swimming or rinsing them out in the shower I never used any ear flush stuff. Last week my hearing seemed worse than normal so I mixed up 50/50 water and 3% peroxide and used that in my ears. I could hear it fizzing in my right ear but not my left ear. I let it soak about 5 minutes in each ear, rinsed and repeated 4 more times each ear. I didn't notice an improvement. My GF came home with an ear rinse kit so that night I used the ear drops and let them set as directed and rinsed with the suction bulb thing they included, and didn't notice an improvement. But, yesterday I used the ear candles she bought and was surprised at the crud it was able to draw up out of my ears. She had bought 2 and used one on her son the night before because his ear was bothering him and they were surprised at what came out of his ear. That left one candle for me so I used it on my left ear, which was the worst one, and I not only noticed a difference in hearing afterward I could tell my left ear felt different than my right ear. Maybe a pressure/balance thing? Anyways we headed to town to buy more ear candles, enough for everyone and 2 sets for me. When we got home I used on in my right ear and noticed the improvement. Last night I used the ear drops and bulb rinse again in the shower and could feel it working this time. Today my ears are kinda itchy a bit, nothing uncomfortable, I assume they are getting used to being cleaner.
I haven't had a chance to see if my hearing has improved much, the biggest thing will be if I can hear the TV while others in the room are making noise because the background noise made it very difficult to hear the TV or conversations. I do plan to keep using the ear drops/flush and will occasional use the water/peroxide rinse. I will also use some olive oil in the ear to soften things up and probably next week I will use the ear candles again to see if more stuff gets drawn out. I am hoping this helps, it will be another year or two before I can afford a hearing test or possibly hearing aids. (no insurance)
Just wanted to share, hope this helps someone. I knew of ear candles for years but never put much belief into them but after using them and opening them up afterwards and seeing the bits of ear wax up into the tube, and even a tiny bit of dirt about the size of the head of a pin, I am convinced they work.
