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In the ear canal there are special glands that produce ear wax. The wax is important, it protect the middle ear tympanic membrane and ossicules from infections and damages. The wax is also known as cerumen. Cerumen is always solid flaky or dray.
Ear wax blockage is the most common cause of impactions. Hearing aid are also more prone to cerumen blockage. Even earplugs facilitate the formation of earwax. The most common symptoms of a plug of earwax are hearing loss, pain in the ear, fullness sensation, dizziness and tinnitus.
Ear irrigation is a procedure used to remove excess earwax or cerumen. The medical doctor diagnose excess earwax by an istrument called otoscope. In the drawing the path that the water must take to extract the earwax. Only private visits by appointment. See also: - Tinnitus and ringing: diagnosis and therapy.
Anatomy of the ear: the ear is divided into three main parts: the external ear [or outer ear], the middle ear and the inner ear. Auditory ossicles - The auditory ossicles are malleus or hammer , incus and staphes. Cochlea - The cochlea is organ of hearing. It's a spiral tube shaped like a snail shell. It's locade within temporal bone; forming part of the inner ear. The cochlea is filled with fluid endolinpha and is connected with the middle ear by two windows, the oval window closed by the stapes and the round window, closed by a membrane.
