The cause being too much accumulated cerumen which compacts when sleeping.
Appointment made for an Ear Microsuction this morning.
Last time I had this done was 2 years ago? Though, as quick as time flies it might have been 4 years ago.
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I had a hearing problem about four years ago. I went to the doctor to have the earwax removed, but it didnāt get any better. Eventually, I saw a specialist and after some tests, it turned out that my eardrum had deteriorated. Iāve had to come to terms with it ever since.
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Well done Bret for posting regardless, donāt let a bit of Cerumen stop you waxing lyrical 
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In January this year I woke up and had gone deaf in my right ear, I tried to get a doctors appointment, there werenāt any, they told me to go to the audiologist department at my local hospital, turns out my ear was full of wax, I had to wait seven months to get it cleared on the NHS.
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Hi Pimmy. Yes, I had that too. I think that was caused as a result of industrial noise. The best I can do now is just one side of my right ear. Better than none !
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I remember one day very well. I was in the kitchen, cooking, when suddenly my hearing went. I could hear nothing. It was a horrible moment & it took, what felt like an age, for it to return. An hour earlier I had been swimming & the logical solution, looking back. Is that it was swimming which had caused it. But at the time, it felt not just sudden, but also unexplained.
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@Geli Sounds uncomfortable. You can get little moulds made to fit into your ears when you go swimming or wash your hair.
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Your experience shows a great big divide between Australiaās health system and that of the UK.
I rang for an appointment at 11am on Tuesday and was given a 12.30pm appointment on Wednesday.
In and out in 10 minutes. No cost.
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Bet that Got on your Wick
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@Besoeker yes, so do I, use only one ear now. I have tried to look at the bright side, everyone will get to this stage sooner or laterš
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Yes, for some reason, the UK nhs donāt do microsuction anymore. (There may be exceptions to the rule).
We are now told to go to a place like earwax.org.uk where they charge Ā£39 for one ear, Ā£49 for two.
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Things have certainly changed ā¦ it was the NHS that made my little ear moulds to protect my ears when in or near water.
Mind, they had just microsuctioned them to clear an ear infection.
Iām surprised you canāt go to a private practice and have the NHS pay like they do for cataracts with Spamedica.
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I wish my hearing loss was that easy to fix. It was bad at birth, then a few work accidents made it much worse. Itās now around 60% gone + severe tinnitus. Iāve tried four pairs of hearing aids with no success.
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I also have tinnitus. At least that is what I think it is.
Somedays it is rather minimal, other days it roars.
I call it white noise rather than a ringing in the ears. Lower octave than when television stations used to shut down for the night and all there was was that white snow.
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Yellow Snow, an indication of just how many people are Pissing About
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Mine is several sounds - a low-pitch generator & several high-pitch tones. Thatās why I hate quiet - I need sound to drown it out.
I was working in a sporting goods store/gun shop years ago. A uniformed police officer came in with another gun in a pouch. He was showing me what modifications he wanted. Since he didnāt show me that it was loaded or not & he was pointing it carelessly at me & everyone else in the store, I asked him if I could check it. He just chuckled.
Well, while he was holding the gun near my face to show me the sights he wanted to change (with his finger resting on the trigger), the gun fired, destroying 8 display cases & the bullet missed the ownerās 15 year old son by a few inches.
Then, he said, āHow did that happen?ā
I said, āYour finger was on the trigger, you idiot.ā
Thatās when my tinnitus got really bad.
Yeahā¦āProtect And Serve.ā
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Reminded me of a good one while Reagan was president.
After a heavy snowstorm, Reagan walked outside & found that someone wrote āThe President Sucksā in the snow with pee.
Reagan got his Secret Service men together & demanded that they take samples to the lab to analyze & find out who did it.
They returned hours later & said, āItās Tip OāNeilās pee, but itās your wifeās handwriting.ā
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Or being pissed-about by a healthcare system that has been abused for 50 years or so. 
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Everything āgets on my wickā, Iām a grumpy old man.
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What happened to the Presidential joke, that was funny 
Ignore that, just āSpotted Itā 
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