hi everybody this is Rhys barber from
audiology associates thank you very much
for watching our video today we have ear wax
removal from both ears for you today
we've had a few comments asking if we
can show or actually move from both ears
not everybody comes in for both the
removal but if we can show it for you we
will so this is some very dry hardened
up ear wax on this side we're using the
standard size on the tube just to do a
little bit of probing this ear wax sometimes
if you get a grip on it the whole thing
will come out in one piece so I'm just
checking the other portion of the ear canal
removing some of the the softer debris
first of all so you just probe in there
see if we can pull down on the ear wax it
doesn't look like it's going to budge
too easily so we're going to use a
little ear key right now it's a trick
you can see it's quite a bit of here at
the outer part of the ear canal it's not
really restricting the view too much so
we we're going to carry on just gently
pushing over the top of the ear wax and then
pulling with a quite a consistent firm
downwards motion trying to get behind
the ear wax trying to move that ear wax down the
ear canal you can see how sticky and
stubborn this ear wax is because rather than
coming away in you know in a nice big
smooth chunk it's actually just bending
the ear wax and folding it down on itself so
it's a case of just trying to get behind
it to fold enough of this ear wax down to
get a nice big chunk to come out you
don't see just how dry that ear wax is
becoming quite sticky in nature
just working on the bottom of the ear canal
now you can get much bigger chunks
coming through
ear wax is always this when it's this
thicker stickier Tobias it's always more
difficult to remove because it it's
still quite dry so it doesn't break
apart really easily it's so so thick
that it sticks together so it's very
difficult to to get all of it out in in
in larger pieces you can see just a hard
round to push on that ear wax there at the
bottom of the ear canal just to try and
maneuver this out while you're just
watching this video is just once a quick
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don't have time unfortunately to respond
to all the comments so what I try and do
I try and read as many as I can and any
suggestions you guys give me for videos
and things we try and incorporate that
into the videos as we're going you can
see some larger pieces just start the
maneuver down the ear canal so we're just
trying to get a little bit more traction
to this ear wax now
just not trained to push too hard into
it so we don't want to shear it off
we're getting quite a big piece coming
out and see all the hairs embedded in
there as well
I just don't see a gap appearing at the
top of the ear canal now so hoping that I
can get a nice bit of traction to this
last big chunk you've always got to be
careful in your curette because it's it
can be a little bit uncomfortable for
the patient especially if you're pushing
really hard on the ear canal wall
lots of people say I'll just really get
in there and get it out you can't do
that with without causing some
discomfort for the patient we really
don't want to do that if we can so
always try and be a little bit gentle
with it if it just takes out a little
bit longer but it's more pleasant for
the patient it's always worth taking out
a little bit of extra time just taking a
pieces away can see just how much there
was in this year it just keeps going and
going but a lot of that a lot of the
problem here is those little hairs that
are embedded in that ear wax it's really
binding that together and the sticky
nature of it as well you can see just
how many little here embedded appears
difficulty getting that on the end of
the curette to show you
they were coming to the end of it now
maybe I can see that big chunk there
here we go so basically near canal a
little bit of redness and drains to the
ear canals would account for the dryness of
the skin there as well
so this is there the second year now
this gentleman's been having trouble
with both ears so we're just going to
use a little bit of suction you can see
that's quite soft at the entrance very
shiny ear wax which either means it's very
dry or it means that it's quite soft so
it's always difficult to turn to you
actually get a little bit of suction on
it but can you see as we're pulling this
it's just forming this long kind of
strings of very thick sticky ear wax so we
can maneuver this out as far as we can
with the suction you can see there's
it's just breaking off the tops we're
going to use the curette again now just
trying to go behind the ear wax obviously
not too deep behind sweet we can see the
end of it here so we know we're not too
deep but just to Train on the middle
with this out if we can just go into a
better position to get it over to the
ear canal we do lose sight of it in a second
because I'm just trying to run over it
out and there we are thank you mate in
one piece we take a look at that eardrum
here we go looks nice and healthy so we
did have a couple of people asking can
we show the whole ear wax and also the tools
we use so that was the piece that came
out to the second year the first one
there the rest of this came out of the
other ear you can see the icky Rhett
just above it there and the standard
says on the tube just to get an idea of
the size of these things and maybe other
guys if you have any suggestions for the
videos and please put them into the
comments I do read them and as always
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