Bell Health Care Ear irrigation & Microsuction helps to alleviate:
Hearing loss
Blocked ears or feeling of fullness in the ear
Ear discomfort
Earache
Tinnitus (noise in ear)
Itchiness
Conductive hearing loss
Mental health deterioration (due to anxiety caused by hearing loss)
Vertigo
Cough suspected to be due to earwax (rare and due to stimulation of auricular (ear/hearing/sensory) branch of the vagus nerve that supplies the outer ear
To correctly treat Otitis externa (inflammation in and around your ear canal) where the meatus (passage leading into the ear) is obscured by debris
Improve conduction of sound to the ear drum when it is blocked by ear wax
To remove obscurity from the ear drum for a hearing test or examination to establish a diagnosis
To remove wax or debris for optimum use of a hearing aid
Musicians need earwax removal before moulds can be fitted
There is a history of middle ear infection within 8 weeks leading up to the procedure
You have had inner ear surgery (apart from grommets that have exited the ear canal at least 2 years previously and you have been discharged from the ENT department).
You have perforated your ear drum in the last 2 years
You have a cleft palate.
You have Otitis externa (inflammation and swelling in and around your ear canal) with pain and tenderness of the pinna (outer ear) caused by bacterial infection, usually curable within a few days with prescribed treatment by your GP.