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   On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:29:42 +1000, "Trevor"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Don Pearce"  wrote in message   
   >news:4e467aff.2728098@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>Ear infections come standard, at a cost of intense pain. Never put   
   >>>anything in your ears.   
   >>   
   >> A doctor got it right. Never put anything smaller than your elbow in   
   >> your ear.   
   >   
   >And yet people with hearing aids wear them every day without a problem!   
   >I can't recall a doctor saying they should never be worn either. Of course   
   >it does help if you clean them occasionly, but I am willing to bet the   
   >people who use them everyday don't clean them everyday. And don't get ear   
   >infections every week either.   
   >   
   >Trevor.   
   >   
      
   I use my Etymotic buds frequently, and I wash the ear seals every   
   time. I couldn't imagine doing otherwise. Infection is unlikely as I   
   don't let other people use them, but it would give me the creeps to   
   put them in dirty.   
      
   The doctor was, of course, talking about Q-tips when he made his elbow   
   remark. For a normal, healthy person the ears are self-cleaning and   
   need no extra prodding, which is more likely to push the accumulated   
   wax up against the ear drum than remove it.   
      
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