Hearing and Ear Care Resources, Barnstaple, North Devon

Hearing and Ear Care Resources

Primary Ear Care and Audiology Services

Community Health Centre (NHS Rotherham) Greasbrough Road, Rotherham S60 1RY

Tel: 01709 423207
Email: earcarecentre@rothgen.nhs.uk
Website: www.earcarecentre.com

Their ‘Ear Care Guidance Document’ revised 2014, can be viewed on the website.

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)

19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL

Tel: 0808 8080123
Text Phone: 0808 8089000
Website: www.rnid.org.uk

British Deaf Association

1-3 Worship Street, London EC2A 2AB

Tel: 0870 770 3300
Text Phone: 0800 652 2965
Videophone: 020 7496 9539
Website: www.bda.org.uk

Hearing Concern

4th Floor, 275-281 King Street, London W6 9LZ

Tel: 0845 074 4600
Fax & Text: 020 8233 2934
Website: www.hearingconcern.org.uk

British Tinnitus Association

Ground Floor, Unit 5, Acorn Business Park, Woodseats Close, Sheffield S8 OTB

Freephone: 0800 018 0527
Freephone: 0114 250 9922
Fax: 0114 258 7059
Website: www.tinnitus.org.uk

Microsuction uses a small medical suction device to gently hoover the ear wax out. It is far safer than syringing as no water is being forced into the ear. Also, the procedure is done under high magnification so the clinician can see the minute detail of your ear.

In an attempt to clear excess wax, some people have tried ear candling. In ear candling, a person lies on his or her side while a long cone-shaped candle is nestled just inside of the ear canal. The candle is then set aflame and, it is claimed, the warmth will soften and suction out the wax. Ear candling does not have any proven benefit and can cause burns, wax blockage, and punctured eardrum.

Liz is a former Registered General Nurse (RGN), who qualified in 2008 from Plymouth University. She completed her National Diploma in Primary Ear Care in Rotherham, followed by the Trainer’s Course in 2012.

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Ear Wax Removal available at North Devon Microsuction & Earcare Clinic