Last night...ear disaster.

Gassage

Last night I was pretty knackered. I decided to back to back two pairs of boutique in ear headphones, my Shure 245's and my `sony's.

When I'd finished the Sony test, I noted I'd lost the ear bud- searched high and low, couln't find it. I then tried the Shures, prefered the Sony's.

Went to bed...woke up feeling slightly dizzy.....and yes, I'd managed to push the bud off the Sony's right down into my inner ear! Aided and abetted by shoving the Shure's right in after.

Took Ali 20 mins with tweezers and torches to remove it.....!

But I am no longer dizzy...

digitalscream

Is it uncharitable of me to want to LOL that at least twenty times?

Flink_Poyd

Gassage;31443" said:

But I am no longer dizzy...

That's up for debate.

I had my ears cleaned when I was in Cambodia, the nice man pulled out what can only be described as a plug of wax with fuck knows what attached to it, came out with a right pop and could hear like Superman for a day until I got used to it.

Gassage

Not funny...still have migraine

Gassage

Flink_Poyd said:

Gassage;31443" said:

But I am no longer dizzy...

That's up for debate.

I had my ears cleaned when I was in Cambodia, the nice man pulled out what can only be described as a plug of wax with fuck knows what attached to it, came out with a right pop and could hear like Superman for a day until I got used to it.

When I was still playing rugby, as a back row I used to plaster my ears with Vaseline to prevent caulis and sores. One day I managed to get a glob right into the inner ear. I could not walk due to the inbalancing effect. I went to A and E and it took them 2 hrs of syringing it to remove it....

digitalscream

Flink_Poyd said:

I had my ears cleaned when I was in Cambodia, the nice man pulled out what can only be described as a plug of wax with fuck knows what attached to it, came out with a right pop and could hear like Superman for a day until I got used to it.

Yeah...I syringe my own ears, and if I leave it too long between doing it then I often end up with a massive black lump coming out of my ear and hitting the sink with a noticeable "thunk".

Gassage said:

Not funny...still have migraine

Ah...you didn't mention that part. That's shit, man...hope it clears up soon. Drugs and a dark room...stop looking at the forum!

Jalapeno

No this is funny, and rip-the-piss-able mercilessly - on a par with @Noisepolluter DIY !

digitalscream

For what it's worth, the dizzy/sick feeling is exactly what you get from syringing your ears using cold water. It's a mistake you only ever make once, believe me.

Gassage

Crazy thing was I was searchng high and low for the bud with a torch under the couch, round the carpets, everywhere. Thinking where the fuck is it?

bingefeller

This is the thing that worries me about those wee caps on ear buds!!   Every time I put mine in I'm gonna think of this thread...

stickyfiddle

If it feels better I had a 7 hour night-flight in the summer. Put custom mould earplugs in once we'd reached cruising height and tried to get some sleep. Woke up about 4 hours later wondering why my ears hurt so much. Turns out I'd put them in the wrong ears and somehow both had gone in with little trouble...

Flink_Poyd

Wax coming out of your ear is entirely normal, the chewing motion or talking helps it out over time but I still get the urge to stick cotton buds in and wiggle them around.

I fortunately never had the dizzy feeling, just thought I had dull hearing from too many raves and rock concerts.

Danny1969

@digitalscream

How do you syringe your own ears ? mines really blocked at the mo, I have been using the drops to soften the wax for days but one ear is still blocked solid 

digitalscream

Danny1969 said:

@digitalscream

How do you syringe your own ears ? mines really blocked at the mo, I have been using the drops to soften the wax for days but one ear is still blocked solid 

I use Boots own-brand wax softener drops, although I've had decent results with Earex too. Leave the drops in for 10 minutes (it'll feel really weird - often, there's a lot of fizzing in your ear), then use a small-ish syringe:

...to blast body-temperature (very, very important) water into my ear. That's a syringe you get with a bottle of Metacam painkiller for medium-to-large-sized dogs (or large rabbits). The size of the syringe means that you can't realistically generate enough force to do any damage, but as always with these things...if it hurts, stop immediately. Also, bear in mind that you're currently taking medical advice from somebody on a guitar forum.

It sometimes takes a few repeats of the process, but I tend to leave at least 6 hours between them. The wax softener can cause a lot of irritation in the ear canal if used too often, or too much in a short space of time.

Danny1969

digitalscream said:

Danny1969 said:

@digitalscream

How do you syringe your own ears ? mines really blocked at the mo, I have been using the drops to soften the wax for days but one ear is still blocked solid 

 Also, bear in mind that you're currently taking medical advice from somebody on a guitar forum.

Lol that bit made me laugh

If the nurse won't do anything for me tomorrow I'm gonna try your trick

ElectroDan

Mrs Electrodan: What are you reading?

Electrodan: A thread about a man getting something removed from an orifice with tweezers and a torch.

Mrs Electrodan: What!?

Electrodan: Yeah, last time he shoved Vaseline in there... couldn't walk right after!

Mrs Electrodan: I'm cancelling the Broadband!

viz

When I became deaf in one ear I couldn't stand up for a week and it took 1 month before I could ride a bicycle again.

holnrew

I suppose I'm lucky I have small way openings.

bingefeller

@Gassage, slightly unrelated, but I read all your posts in my head in a Scottish accent.  Not sure why.  

thisisguitar

I've done that before on a plane, tried tweezers on landing an wouldn't work (ends are smooth), had to wait for an hour plus drive home and used needle-nosed pliers. Didn't make me feel ill, but claustrophobic… weird. 

Glad you've sorted it mate, sounds horrid!

ElectroDan

A colleague of mine had Labyrinthitis. said it was like being on a ship in bad weather all the time. It's not one of those things where you can just curl up and sleep it off.

I remember after he'd returned to work, I asked him if he was better. He said yes, I'm a lot better now... and promptly fell sideways into the wall.