hi everybody my name is Rhys Barber I'm
the audiologist here at audiology
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barber from audiology associates we've
got a classic q-tip use here we can see
that this section of the ear wax has been
very firmly pushed into the ear canal
we know it's q-tips because you've got a
domed end to it because if we look up
here we can see that this section of ear wax
is much closer to the outer part of the
ear canal so it's giving that domed
pushed in central appearance that ear wax
always really tough ones to remove these
because with the use of the q-tip you've
compressed a lot of the ear wax together so
it's form quite a hard layer and then
you've also got these surrounding areas
which are really firmly stuck to the
ear canal wall so it means that that whole
section is one piece we're not going to
be able to get that really deeper
section away without taking this front
section away first so I can see there's
a small gap up there but it's whether
it's big enough to get the jaws or the
forceps around it so I'm just trying at
the moment just to gently pull it down
but see how the whole thing is moving
they're really kind of pushing further
in now that deeper section they pointed
out at the beginning is going to be
pushed right up against the ear drum
which means that we can't really go
digging at this we have to sort of
gently pull it away or mould it and peel
it from the ear canal walls before we can go
any further we can see that the
crocodile for so it's struggled to get
above and below it so I'm just aiming
the basically that the fine end in here
at the wall just to see if we can move
any of these outer sections the more
prominent sections away from the ear canal
wall so we can get a good grip the gap
at the moment is a bit too small to fit
a Jobson horn in that's the reason
having got in with the Jobson horn
they're actually quite thick when you
when you put them into little gaps like
this so I'm just a min to try and fold
this top section there we go fold the
top section the ear wax down there but you
can see rather it folding the whole
thing is just broken this front end away
because it's quite dry and brittle so
I'm gonna try and fold a little bit more
so no I'm
gonna be able to get our jobs in horn or
forceps above that at the moment you can
see as soon as you touch it though the
whole section moves and that rear
section further in is actually sitting
right on top of the eardrum so just to
give you some idea I'm gonna just slow
down this next we just blow that
particular portion up there
that's the eardrum that blue line you
can see we're walking on the edge so
this ear wax is pushed right up against that
so they've really forced this in and
that's what's been causing the hearing
issues so I'm really gently trying to to
pull this down from the top section here
you can see the whole thing rocking back
and forth we're just gonna try the
Jobson horn out you can see what I mean
though about it being a bit too white
see the width of that front end of the
Jobson horn though is just too thick to
get into that little tiny gap at the top
so let's use the forceps again now and
see if we can get in there because the
the door the force type is slightly
thinner so we're trying to get a grip
above and below just slow in this down
so you can see what happens there we go
got the grip look as we pull this away
see that whole section look has been so
compressed together with the cute of
this form one solid block there's dried
out and been sitting on top of that are
you doing this for there we are let's
come away let's take a look behind so
we've a stick every single piece of ear wax
you can see all the bits are stuck
around the edge well all connected to
that one piece so it's a centimetre
across almost bang on half of an inch
there so quite quite a substantial piece
to be pressed up against your eardrum
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