I think I lost a rubber ear bud tip down my ear

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Noticed that the rubber tip from my ear bud was missing. A few days later, I was cleaning my ears and it felt like something was blocking my hearing.

I originally didnt think it was the rubber tip (I thought it fell on the floor somewhere) But now I can barely hear out of my left ear. It doesnt hurt at all, just feels like I got water stuck in my ear, except its been like this for 3+ days

im thinking of calling the minute clinic 5 mins from my house, but I dunno if I should just go to the ER instead. I have a feeling (a hope) that the clinic down the street could probably just pull it out easily
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FrozenBananas posted...
Noticed that the rubber tip from my ear bud was missing. A few days later, I was cleaning my ears and it felt like something was blocking my hearing.

I originally didnt think it was the rubber tip (I thought it fell on the floor somewhere) But now I can barely hear out of my left ear. It doesnt hurt at all, just feels like I got water stuck in my ear, except its been like this for 3+ days

im thinking of calling the minute clinic 5 mins from my house, but I dunno if I should just go to the ER instead. I have a feeling (a hope) that the clinic down the street could probably just pull it out easily
I would do the clinic first rather than the ER, they should be able to deal with it, it should be cheaper and you aren't taking up ER resources for something non-life threatening.
It's probably just wax or something (especially if you were cleaning with a q-tip), but either way the clinic's the way to go. They should be able to pull out anything that doesn't require sedation or anaesthetic to get, and if it's wax, they can syringe you. It's not really an emergency at all.
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concur, not an emergency, but def get it checked out
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I once got a swab stuck on my ear, had to go to the clinic but they got it done
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BlackOmnimon posted...
I once got a swab stuck on my ear, had to go to the clinic but they got it done
This.
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I've had build up of wax in my ear before and it felt like you describe. It felt good having them cleaned out after weeks of not hearing well. Anyway get it looked at....
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Violet_Blooded posted...
No signs of TC.. must have been an alien growing in his ear.


Still here, I have an appointment in like 2 hours. I would have made it earlier today but I had to go to work
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wwinterj25 posted...
It felt good having them cleaned out after weeks of not hearing well.

I'm always amazed by how loud everything seems after I get syringed. Like I'll walk away and marvel at how much noise my pants are making as I move in them.
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Apparently it was just a shit ton of wax. It definitely felt different than anything Ive had before though.

but they flushed it out, they didnt even charge me for it :) now I feel good again
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eh.. an alien would've been more interesting..
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Violet_Blooded posted...
eh.. an alien would've been more interesting..

i was ready for anything. She seemed to pull more out of the other ear (the one I could hear out of)

Krow_Incarnate posted...
Is your inner ear or jaw sore now?

nope, everything feels fine. Im little surprised it felt so normal right away, I havent heard anything out of the ear in the last 3-4 days

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Lucky you. When I had my ear clogged and subsequently drained, my jaw hurt for the next three days.
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I'm glad you were able to get your ears cleaned out.
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did you drink the ear wax soup afterwards
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Do people really stick the earbud inside their ear canal? How is that even comfortable.
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majority of earbuds these days have them pushed into the ear canal to create a seal that functions as creating noise isolation and bass
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VideoboysaysCube posted...
Do people really stick the earbud inside their ear canal? How is that even comfortable.

ConfusedTorchic posted...
majority of earbuds these days have them pushed into the ear canal to create a seal that functions as creating noise isolation and bass
And many come with a couple different 'cups' to use, for people with different size ear canals.
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I have a ton of earwax, no idea why. Same as TC (sans earbud), one time as a kid, I just woke up one morning and couldn't hear out of one of my ears. Mom took me to the doctor and she pulled out a massive clog.

Nowadays maybe once a month or so, I just use some earwax dissolvent to keep them from getting too clogged.
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