Agreed.
I would be very wary of poking things into the ear - you can damage your ear and you can also end up pushing the wax in further - making it harder to flush out.
Glad it worked out in the end.
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That indicates to me that wax is not your problem, but age-related hearing loss is. Specsavers hold a NHS diagnosis and aid supplying contract at no cost to the patient, so I suggest you phone your GP and ask for a referral to Specsavers as a NHS patient. My 1st aids were issued under that contract and I was supplied with Danalogic Ambio aids and of course an endless supply of size 13 batteries. Don’t be fobbed of either, you have a right to be referred if you request it. Your GP will receive a referal fee unlike if you were refered to your area hospital audiology.
danalogic GN | NHS Bluetooth Hearing Aids
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I use a neti pot. You pour warm water in one ear and grey matter comes out the other.
No wait, that’s for my nose, not ears.
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Ah, so it was snot what you meant 
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Nice one Foxy
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Yes I seriously believe that - is not uncommon because it tends t o be high frequency hearing which suffers more - hence women’s voices are harder to hear than men’s voices.
Probably due to 35 years in a very noisy engineering factory, and then several years developing audio equipment as a hobby. Oscillators, Amplifiers and alarm systems.
Or most men just ‘switch-off’ when some women speak?
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I don’t think that will go down well with the feminists on here LongDriver…
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Am I bovered, do I look bovered?
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They can be quite fierce and I’m not a big guy like you…
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I can hear people OK if talking face to face in a quiet place. It’s when there is a roomful of people all talking that I have trouble. When I used to go places with my Yorkshire pal, everything was OK except when we went to his club. He started to talk in a different language when he was with all his other mates.
I got on well with them but I admit I sometimes had to pick up on the mood and just nod or shake my head and hope it was the right thing to do. Mind you, this can be the case in a crowd of southerners as well …but I stand more of a chance there. 
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I save all mine and make quaint little candles, what ever happened to arts and crafts…
I suppose I was a bit of a Blue Peter kid, it’s served me well!
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Make it into Earwax missiles.
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Steady on Mart!
I have my limits, nice idea though
The OFC earwax club here we come…
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yes - industrial deafness - or general age related deafness - they both tend to fall off more in the higher pitches - so, jokes aside, yes women voices can be harder t o hear.
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Yes indeed, we can wax lyrical😁
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The prevention of wax build-up is to not use Q-Tips to clean out the ears. When you use a Q-Tip (a soft 3" cotton stick with cotton swabs on each end) the ear wax gets pushed back further into the ear canal and gets stuck in there. The impacted wax can cause dizziness, and temporary loss of hearing until it’s removed. I know 3 people who have had this issue. Probably a lot more common than we think. I don’t know if it’s age-related.
i use an ear spoon with an attached camera. it links to your phone allowing you to see the wax as you dig it out. its gross but fascinating got it for about 20 quid on aliexpress