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Please tell me can ear plugs get wedged in your ears if you sleep on your side?
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Possibly: If the ear plug is small enough that is possible. Why do you wear ear plugs at time of sleep? That is the more important question. Doing this may eventually cause irritation of the ear canal skin and could lead to external otitis, infection of the skin of the external ear canal.
Answered 7/5/2014
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