[78-L] A doubt about EQ curves

[Jeff Lichtman]

>Another way of cleaning out the ears is called ear candling. I've never
>done it myself or even witnessed it. Haven't looked on youtube either
>
>joe salerno

This doesn't work and is dangerous. Ear candling works by putting a 
special candle into one's ear with a string hanging down into the ear 
canal. When the candle burns it supposedly melts the earwax which the 
string then soaks up. When you pull the string out of your ear there 
will be a yellow waxy substance on it, which the proponents like to 
use as evidence that the candling works to remove earwax. However, 
you'll get the same waxy substance on the string if you burn the 
candle without putting it in your ear. In other words, the yellow 
waxy stuff comes from the candle, not from your ear.

It's best not to put burning objects in your ear. One safe way to 
remove earwax it to squirt warm water into the ear canal using a 
syringe. If you do this repeatedly for 10 to 20 minutes the wax will 
loosen and come out. You can accelerate the process by putting some 
carbamide peroxide in the ear to soften and loosen the wax.

Loss of hearing in the high frequencies happens to almost everyone, 
but you can minimize it by limiting exposure to loud noises.

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