Silencer in the ear!
By Yakob Abdul Rahman Wilhelm Scholer
Hearing
:People who suddenly discover a ‘silencing’ of their hearing may simply be suffering from a blockage caused by ear-wax.
In my experience I had many cases where in particularly elderly persons who suddenly complain of hearing problems get the comment, ‘ok, age is catching up’. Nothing is more disastrous than just to accept such a statement. It is not uncommon the cause is merely the ear being clogged. Some patients I attended to had such a blockage that it took up to two weeks to remove the blockage; in one case the patient had a 1.5cm sized ear-wax. It is not surprising the inside of the ear lining is accordingly affected.
It should be, as a matter of fact, that in any case of decreasing hearing capacity an ENT specialist to be consulted. He would be able to establish if the case is simply due to a blockage or any other condition.
The ENT specialist may, according to the finding, recommend a wax softener for a certain number of days, followed by an ear wash-out. Such a procedure is generally over in a few minutes of time and hardly painful.
What causes such conditions?
Well, ear wax is a natural process in protecting the skin of the inner ear from drying out. Often people tend to clean their ears with cotton butts which instead of clearing the ear-wax they push it further into the ear. This causes slowly but surely the wax accumulation in the deeper part of the ear and lead to this condition of ‘not hearing’.
Advice:
1. Consult your an ENT Specialist for your hearing problem,
2. Use cotton butts only in the outer area (wax will find its way outward)
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