More online at www.VirginiaHearingAids.com. The canals in our ears are covered with hair follicles as well as glands that produce an oily wax known as cerumen, or ear wax. This wax lines the interior ...

Audiologists are drawing attention to how smelly earwax, even without pain, can signal bacterial buildup or early infection, increasing ...

In the ear along the canal, are sebaceous glands responsible for wax production. While it’s brown colour and sticky texture makes it appear like dirt. Dr Ricky Byaruhanga, an ENT surgeon with Mulago ...

I experience an itch in my ear that makes me try to clean my ears throughout the day. Not only is it inconvenient and annoying - I'm worried about damageing my hearing. Is it a bacterial/fungal ...

Not hearing properly or have blocked ears with no flu? Before you rush to hospital in a panic, it could be due to excessive wax believe it or not. Brown, grey, reddish orange or even yellowish in ...

Some people post cute baby pictures, what they've had for lunch or snaps from their hiking trips on Instagram. Not this audiologist. Scroll through his Instagram, if you dare, and you'll find video ...

Medically known as cerumen, ear wax is a soft, natural substance secreted by the sebaceous glands lining the ear canal. While ear wax is constantly being produced by young and old alike, it can often ...

Earwax, scientifically known as cerumen, is technically just skin cells that have fallen off inside the ear, bits of hair and secretion from the ceruminous glands mixed together. Although earwax is ...