Earwax Management & Removal
Earwax buildup can cause muffled hearing, pressure, and even interfere with how your hearing aids perform. Our team examines your ears and gently removes excess wax using safe, professional techniques, so you can skip the risky cotton swabs and home remedies.
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Expert Earwax Management/Removal Is Critical To Hearing Health
Blocked ears or discomfort from earwax build-up? Our expert audiology team uses gentle, proven methods to clear wax safely and restore your hearing clarity — without pain or hassle.
To keep you healthy, your body uses a variety of means to trap and remove toxins. Earwax is the means your body uses to clean out your ears.
In spite of its overall benefits, an excessive buildup of earwax can cause health problems and damage or reduce the performance of hearing aids. For earwax to continue to provide its benefits without becoming a problem, it requires expert management to keep things in proper balance.
What Is Earwax?
Cerumen, or earwax, is an oily wax-like substance produced by the glands in the ear canal. Its purpose is to prevent infections from reaching the eardrum and middle ear by trapping contaminants, which stick to it.
As you chew or talk, earwax begins to work its way to the opening of your ear canal, removing the contaminants.
Should it get stuck in the ear canal, it can cause blockage, leading to muffled hearing, irritation, or an infection in the ear canal.
Our Earwax Removal Process
Our earwax management process puts your comfort and safety first at every step. We examine your ears, remove buildup using gentle, professional techniques, and share practical tips to help keep your ears healthy and clear between visits.
Ear Examination
We look closely inside your ear canals to check the amount and location of earwax and rule out other concerns.
Personalized Approach
Based on what we find, we choose the safest, most comfortable removal method for your ears and health history.
Gentle Removal
We carefully clear away excess wax, checking your progress along the way to keep you comfortable throughout.
Aftercare Guidance
We share tips for keeping your ears healthy at home and let you know when to return for routine wax checks.
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Should You Remove Earwax From Your Ears?
Most people reach for the tweezers, a cotton swab, or some other long, thin object to remove earwax from their ears.
Besides the fact that you might compound the problem by packing the wax tightly against your eardrum, you risk causing irreparable damage to your eardrum or ear canal if you become too aggressive and/or slip. Regardless of what you use, it is best to avoid digging earwax out of your ears.
Although ear drops present fewer risks, they may or may not produce the expected results, and they can cause irritation or infection by altering natural earwax production.
Benefits of Professional Earwax Removal
Professional earwax removal is a safer alternative to cotton swabs and at-home kits, which can push wax deeper or injure the ear canal. Our experienced team gently and safely clears blockages so you can hear and feel your best again.
Clearer hearing and relief from ear fullness and pressure
Safe removal without the risks of swabs or ear candles
Better hearing aid performance and fewer wax-related repairs
No, earwax naturally cleans and protects your ear canals. Removal is only needed when buildup causes symptoms or blocks your ears.
Most patients feel little to no discomfort. We work gently and check in with you throughout the process to keep you comfortable.
We don’t recommend it. Cotton swabs can push wax deeper into the ear canal and may scratch the skin or even damage your eardrum.
It varies from person to person. If you wear hearing aids or are prone to buildup, we can recommend a routine schedule for you.
FAQs About Earwax Removal
Earwax is a normal part of ear health, but buildup can raise questions about safety, comfort, and at-home care. Here are answers to the questions our patients ask us most often.
Earwax Causes Damage To Hearing Aids
Earwax buildup can become a nightmare for hearing aid users because it traps moisture and has the potential to damage the delicate circuitry inside the instrument. Wearing hearing aids tends to stimulate cerumen production while the earpiece blocks the natural migration of earwax out of the ear canal.
Although most manufacturers include wax guards or wax filters in the design of their devices to prevent damage to the circuitry, the buildup of earwax in the ear canal often creates feedback or a high-pitched whistling sound as well as reducing the amplification and sound clarity of the unit.
In addition to causing performance issues by blocking the sound from the hearing aid entering the ear canal, earwax buildup that finds its way into the vent and receiver holes of your hearing aids can degrade delicate internal parts due to its chemical composition. Between 60% and 70% of all hearing aids sent in for repair are affected by this damage.
AVI New England Provides Expert Earwax Management/Removal
Unless your body produces excessive amounts of earwax or you use hearing aids, your best option is to maintain daily hygiene that includes cleansing the opening of your ear canal only. Earwax removal and management should only be performed by a professional.
The team at AVI has the right instruments, techniques, and removal methods as well as the expertise involved in their use to safely remove the excessive earwax accumulation. We can help keep your ears clean and prevent damage to your hearing instruments without the risk of permanent damage to your ears.
