otorhinolaryngology
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How to Safely Pop Your Ears
Whether it was driving up a winding mountain road, riding in a skyscraper’s high-speed elevator, or a travelling on a plane, you’ve probably experienced a feeling of pressure in your ears that you want to get rid of immediately. Sometimes, the situation will resolve on its own. But other times, you’ll need to do something…
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How to Protect Your Ears From Tinnitus, Because the Damage May Have Already Begun
Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve stayed fit and (relatively) sane through daily walks around my neighbourhood, listening to my favourite true crime podcasts and K-pop songs. One afternoon in the spring of 2020, however, I started to hear a ringing in my right ear. I had developed tinnitus: the perception of sounds in…
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How to Clean Your Earbuds, Because They’re Even Grosser Than You Think
Fungus and yeast infection-causing germs can build upon the earbuds as you jam them inside your ear canals, not to mention wax that visibly sticks to their surfaces. After sending an earbud swab out for analysis, Inside Edition even found pneumonia-causing bacteria such as staph aureus on regularly used earbuds, and one set showed evidence…