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Gentle application still holds as a favourite with many, but there is one additional ingredient you may need.
Patience.
If you have really hard, impacted wax, don't be afraid to consult your GP – or a hearing aid audiologist privately.
There is no charge for the latter. They will be only too happy to oblige, and provide a free hearing test into the bargain.
But the point is that it may take a little time for the wax to soften whilst the olive oil does its job. Again, I am only speaking from experience. For proper medical advice consult a professional.
Some people mistake wax build up for actually going deaf.
You could be suffering from both, but you need the excess wax removed before you can be checked for a natural hearing loss.
Does that make sense?
(There are, of course, further options such as microsuction, but there is a cost for that.)
We need wax, and our body creates it all the time to keep ears healthy. It's only when we get EXCESS wax build up that we have to do something about it.
It could be wax! My father-in-law suffers from excess wax, mainly in one ear. His hearing aid for that ear is the one that periodically needs a clean up. So does his ear!
Consult a professional from the company where you bought it.
There are two good reasons for doing this:
1. They will clean up your hearing aids and get them working properly again. No charge.
2. They can show you how to maintain your hearing aids so that you can prevent this happening again.
It isn't normally difficult, but if you really cannot manage then a good dispenser will be more than happy to help and not charge – even for a call out to your own home.
Regular management may be all that is needed – how frequently is to the individual.
That's it in a nutshell, really. Patience and perseverance to solve the immediate problem; followed by ongoing management so that wax does not build up again.
– An ex-fellow sufferer from excess earwax!
One further point: Another hearing condition for which olive oil – and tea tree oil – together, have proven effective, is swimmers' ear or "water in the ear"
This really is a "two-for-one" as it serves to coat the ear, in effect to insulate it from water penetrating in the first place. Don't take a vacation without this one!