Best audio tweak ever, especially for the over 60s

It’s interesting that we obsess over equipment and room treatment but rarely talk about the transducer that makes it all possible.

I’m getting some q-tips out of the medicine cabinet right now.

This tip comes out regularly here, and it’s a good one.


Q-tips don’t work except to get wax that's already out of the way out of the ear. I suggest body wash, and using the shower head or a syringe to use gentle, constant water pressure against the ear canal. Here the Q tip will only make things worse.


I literally have to do this several times a week or I notice degraded hearing ability in one or the other ear.

What did he say? Could you repeat that.

You can’t hold a candle 🕯 to that! 🙄

There are over-the-counter products that use a gentle glycerin solution to thin earwax and let it run out.  Mostly sold for swimmer's ear, but can be repurposed here so you don't have to use Q-tips and risk eardrum damage.

There are also simple lavage pumps/syringes to facilitate the process.  Haven't tried one of those.