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Excessive ear wax has a quiet way of shrinking life. The volume on the TV is turned up louder, you’ll keep saying ‘sorry - can you repeat that’ and maybe suffer from dizziness and ringing in your ears ...

"Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have heard your grandmother say, but, for the most part, it’s true, says Dr. Bradley Kesser, an ear, nose and ...