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Every 10 days to 2 weeks my husbands ear will feel clogged and he cant hear well. he flushes it with warm water using a ear bulb. what comes out seems like a fibrous material, not wax. md checked but saw nothing, not impacted, no foreign object. ?

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Dr. Ronald Ward answered

Clogged ear: Probable Eustachian tube dysfunction. See ENT. Get audiogram and tympanograms. Have him Valsalva frequently when symptomatic.

Answered 2/3/2018

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A member asked:

Every 10 days to 2 weeks my husbands ear will feel clogged and he cant hear well. he flushes it with warm water using a ear bulb. what comes out seems like a fibrous material, not wax. md checked but saw nothing, not impacted, no foreign object. ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ronald Ward answered

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