hi everybody this is Rhŷs Barber from
audiology associates thank you very much
watching our ear wax removal video
today how we were taking another trip
down memory lane so we were doing a
voiceover some of our older videos which
didn't have voiceovers originally
everyone seemed to really enjoy this
type of format last time so we're going
to do this format again but it really
helps off me if you want to see this
format moving forwards where I appear in
the bottom right hand corner there
please let me know in the comments and
we'll do a lot more of these videos then
so without further ado I'm gonna pop the
glasses on so I can see what's going on
and we'll take a look at this video
today so if we start this up here so
let's see what we've got
oh we've got a lot of dead skin yeah
just that you can see that we've got
this this section here to the right-hand
side of the screen that's all
dead dry skin so that's going to need to
come away first so I think we'll
probably use as all material imagined
out there we go so we're gonna go in
with this all the two bit just go it
grip on this top section look how it all
folds into the into the suction tube so
it all folds down and then we've got a
really wiggle this out you can see it
stretches like a ribbon it peels away
from the ear canal walls now that dry skin
there is what's been trapping the ear wax
behind it so you can see you've got this
plug of ear wax that's sat behind there so
if we can get a good grip on the one
side we should be able to manoeuvre
across there and pull that out there you
go we can actually see the edge of no
just underneath to the right-hand side
so as we pulled the whole thing across
you can see broken this front section
away you know so that's come away really
nicely so we'll just get rid of that and
we've got another sticky layer sitting
just behind get attached to the left
ear canal wall this time it's go very slowly
without a cross there we go
lovely that's coming away really nicely
and you see the last section in there
now so we're gonna get a grip snap it in
the centre that one there you go and as
we pull away you can see it twisted
which which it's just a little bit wider
on the one end so it's just got a wave
so it's need to wiggle it back and forth
just to work that out of the ear canal
brilliant if we take a look behind that
the eardrum itself looks quite dull
tiny here I can see it's justice scored
directly across the drum as well but
very very blue and very little like
reflux this is what we removed these are
the blocks of ear wax you took away looks
like that dead skin we pulled away at
the beginning because it's stretching
through a river and probably got sucked
inside the Machine so this is the second
patient the compilation now so we can
see you've got a lot of other ball being
used in here as I ear wax looks really dry
we can see on the on this right hand
ear canal wall here see how the ear wax is very
thin and sort of almost like a spread
along on the on the ear canal wall so it's
all spread on the one side there yet the
centre section of mice is much much
deeper
this is classic cotton cotton bud or or
acute abuse where the shape of the q-tip
where its rounded on the end as it hits
the works it actually presses into the
right so if it does that you get these
long strips you can see this in there on
the left-hand side and these strip
sections around that central depression
they're really stick along the ear canal
walls always really awkward to remove
because you go to work so close to the
ear canal wall but I'd imagine this was
probably really uncomfortable for the
patient that's really wedged in there
we've managed to pull some bit away from
that left ear canal wall now though it's
just starting to pull away there we go
so that's come away you can see the
colour is so dark so this has really
been trapped down in here a long time
you can actually see the white layer of
dead skin underneath on that left-hand
sides weepy the way you get a much
better shot there
see what I mean about that depression
there almost in Bartok okay oh there we
are so it's moving really well so the
same box hook can get a good Griffin and
pull that away you can actually see the
white layer of dead skin underneath ah
blast this patient it was you can see
how deep this is actually impacted down
it's gone very very deep in the ear
ear canal this is still dry ear wax we're
pulling away here but still the lighter
coloured pieces have it going around the
top and up the left hand side there
that's all dry dead skin so I mean as
we've said before when the skin stays in
the a ear canal - like it dries and ha
absolute gauze not like leather but but
it gets very very tough and we can we
just if we can get this left section of
ear wax away here I think we're going to
start getting to those deeper sections
but we're working almost right on top of
the ear drum now though we can't see the
ear drum working right top it all that
white you can see there is dead skin
let's see what happens
Oh see we're starting to get the peel
now so see how it starts to peel away
from the ear canal wall there so we start to
get to the end of it or we can see all
this white skin debris there you go see
it started now we can just see a little
gap appear in there you go if we keep
pulling across now to that left hand
side I'm sure we're gonna get a gap
there there's the usual we just so
they'd all that skin debris coming away
they bit see just how much it was
trapped down there on top of the u-dub
don't forget that skin migrates down the
ear canal so if you've got something you're
a hard piece like stopping it there that
migrations trying to happen but it's all
building up them behind the ear behind
that that ear wax can see it all just
peeling away of those ear canal walls look
how pink those ear canal walls are as well
this has been really aggravating this
patient you can see it would be really
uncomfortable sitting in this patient's
ear this would have been such a relief
for this to come away we're working on
top of the ear drum they're taking our
way to be really really delicate tiny
tiny movements with the suction tube in
the loose baby it's actually wobbling
with the movement of the air in the ear
ear canal vein so it was gonna be easy one
take away this last section you look at
that there could be ripples on the
eardrum Australian's the top right hand
corner that's where the migration should
be happening but it's been stuck there
yeah quite messy down there that will
the migration now will take place past
that point and it will all come away
really nicely and the natural migrations
will carry on then you can see just how
just how deep that ear wax ago when it when
you're looking at using a q-tip and you
know people say we're using a lot you go
think you you ear canals kind of this
shape the q-tip is like this as it's
going along there and what you
doing when you're clean in the news you
do it that suit you effectively you're
forming this shape all the time of the
ear wax so you will get some coming away on
the end of the q-tip or well you'll get
a lot of the time is you get the scent
or depression happening here all this
out try to imagine this goes all the way
around the ear canal all that outer edge
then it's going to be really hard that
so what you end up with then is a really
hard thin layer of ear wax sitting right on
top of that ear canal walk which is
really really sensitive so when you come
to remove that though it's really
difficult you have to kind of gently
pull down then on the edge there to form
this kind of shape to get a grip to be
able to pull that out so yeah it can be
quite uncomfortable for patients as well
especially if it's been in there a long
time which obviously that patients had
there but yeah I really enjoyed that
that was a good place to see when I
haven't seen for a long time so um thank
you again for watching our video today
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comments below and as always guys take
care of yourselves and everyone else
around you and we shall see you on
Friday