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Old 24-12-2016, 04:47
annette kurten
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i really NEED to listen to some music and i need to listen to it LOUD.

but i`ve got a perforated eardrum [not painful at this point] that i`ve already repeatedly bleached for a fortnight, will using headphones do any damage?
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Old 24-12-2016, 09:42
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I wouldn't attempt it, I found many noises painful when I perferated mine, it's not worth the risk.
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Old 24-12-2016, 12:26
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but i`ve got a perforated eardrum [not painful at this point] that i`ve already repeatedly bleached for a fortnight, will using headphones do any damage?
Bleached?

No surprise then that your eardrum is perforated - your brain will no doubt turn to mush shortly ...
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Old 24-12-2016, 13:01
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Bleached?

No surprise then that your eardrum is perforated - your brain will no doubt turn to mush shortly ...
That's what they recommend these days to soften wax in the ear it's NHS procedure. Never worked for me but they don't syringe any more you have to be referred to have it scrapped and vacuumed out !
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Old 24-12-2016, 13:54
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That's what they recommend these days to soften wax in the ear it's NHS procedure.
I imagine that both you and the OP are referring to Urea Hydrogen Peroxide drops but these are not "bleach".

In any case, they shouldn't be used by anyone with a perforated eardrum -

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/earwax/...roduction.aspx
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Old 24-12-2016, 13:54
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That's what they recommend these days to soften wax in the ear it's NHS procedure. Never worked for me but they don't syringe any more you have to be referred to have it scrapped and vacuumed out !
Hey? So what is wrong with ear drops? Personally I would recommend Otex for wax problems as it makes wax fall out of your ear. Also never stick cotton buds in your ears.
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Old 24-12-2016, 14:01
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Also never stick cotton buds in your ears.
I never understood why anyone would do this as surely it just compresses old wax.
I have managed to make it into old age without any nasty consequences using the rounded end of a hair grip
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Old 24-12-2016, 14:27
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I imagine that both you and the OP are referring to Urea Hydrogen Peroxide drops but these are not "bleach".

In any case, they shouldn't be used by anyone with a perforated eardrum -

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/earwax/...roduction.aspx
Yes that's it NHS GP refers to it as bleach so that's what I call it.

I was told to use it when I had a perferated drum, didn't help so I'm not surprised the advice was wrong.

I find best thing is olive oil, old fashioned perhaps but works for me that and don't use in ear earphones that's really had an enormous change in my ear wax problems.
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Old 24-12-2016, 14:39
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Paddington bear seem to do alright using tooth brushes.
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Old 24-12-2016, 14:42
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I never understood why anyone would do this as surely it just compresses old wax.
I have managed to make it into old age without any nasty consequences using the rounded end of a hair grip
I've been doing it for several decades. The secret is to make a slight bend in the stick, which you then rotate it as insert it. It works really well and you'd have to be incredibly ham-fisted to do any damage.
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Old 24-12-2016, 15:29
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Yes that's it NHS GP refers to it as bleach so that's what I call it.
If your GP uses the word "bleach" when recommending the use of eardrops, then he is an idiot.

Hard of thinking (as well as hard of hearing) patients may take him literally with potentially serious consequences.
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Old 24-12-2016, 15:37
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If your GP uses the word "bleach" when recommending the use of eardrops, then he is an idiot.

Hard of thinking (as well as hard of hearing) patients may take him literally with potentially serious consequences.
I doubt anyone needs to worry we have had no appointments available so long now at the surgery most of us have given up and treat ourselves at home or if it gets too bad head to a&e.
As I said olive oil does the trick usually, had an ear infection a while ago it went away on its own eventually my hearing is coming back a bit in the worst affected ear too so hopeful it's not too damaged.
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Old 24-12-2016, 15:52
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Old 26-12-2016, 03:39
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thank you all, sorry i havn`t been back since, i forgot i`d started the thread

by bleaching i mean i`ve been using hydrogen peroxide drops, i refer to it as bleach in this instance because that`s how i speak, it`s an informal post on a forum about wearing headphones and i mentioned it as an aside.

i cannot believe that i had to explain that.

i would not have used the drops if i had known that i had a perforated eardrum.

i shall know next time to consult the doctor instead of taking the standard [bad, it seems] nhs advice designed to shorten queues and going for the ear drops first and i would advise anyone else to do the same.

sticking things in ears is a big no no and i don`t do it, though this is not because my mother "knows someone" who was rendered paraplegic by way of an earbud in the ear. [i know, i know, she`s full of them ]

i`ve got an ent appointment to make [papers came in a week, i`m to see my gp again on the 6th and she is expecting that i will probably have already seen ent by then so if there`s a waiting list it`s about 10 minutes, bonus] regarding the unhealing perforation.

until today [] i have had no pain to speak of [recently] in the affected side but it`s the side already affected by trigeminal neuralgia, previous tumour and is half deaf, the perforation could have been there for donkey`s or it could be new[ish] so headphones are off the menu.

i didn`t wear the music at all in the finish

thank you lovelies, hope your christmases are merry and your new years are good.
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:59
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Someone has been at the cooking sherry.

Any problems with the inner ear and it's best not listen to any loud music, headphones or otherwise.

Also don't put your hands in a fire, or sleep on a railway line.
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Old 27-12-2016, 01:28
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Someone has been at the cooking sherry.

Any problems with the inner ear and it's best not listen to any loud music, headphones or otherwise.

Also don't put your hands in a fire, or sleep on a railway line.
it will make sense when you`ve sobered up.
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