While a majority of people believe that cotton buds are an essential part of their personal hygiene routine, doctors advise against using them in their ears. The belief that ears need to be scrubbed ...

With her mother, father, and sister working in audiology, it was inevitable that Jacinta Bancroft would end up working in the ...

I was reminded recently of the old saying many of us heard from our mothers: “Don’t put anything in your ear smaller than ...

Jacinta Bancroft has turned ear wax removal into a thriving Queensland business after falling in love with cerumenology at a conference two years ago. Ms Bancroft, who is the Director and ...

Many people pop in earbuds at bedtime, hoping that soothing music, guided meditations, an intentionally boring podcast or a ...

A MUM was left virtually deaf for six years after injuring both eardrums with a cotton wool bud while cleaning her ears. Skye van Rensburg, 21, accidentally perforated her left eardrum by pushing a ...

We can hear sounds because our ears turn sound vibrations from the air, into signals that are sent to our brain. We can’t hear all levels of sounds. Sound waves with very high frequencies are called ...