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Is using cotton buds to 'clean' the ear harmful?

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 3 May 19

I rarely use cotton buds to clean the ears. I've heard that they can cause damage to the ear drum. Also they can push dirt and wax deeper inside the ear canal and cause them to get impacted. Do you use cotton tipped ear buds to...

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My grandson has gone through two pairs of ear buds of mine

celticeagle @celticeagle (189833) • Boise, Idaho 31 Aug 15

Doesn't make me happy. After that last discussion I was going to go listen to some Jimmy and remembered that I have no ear buds. Drats! He chews on them and they finally go defunct. I hope that I remember to pick up...

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Do You Keep Stock Of Ear Buds At Your Place For The Daily Use ??

AKRao24 @AKRao24 (27422) • India 5 Feb 11

I used to get irritated on my wife every time when she used to pick a tin of ear buds when we are shopping. I used to feel that these are no good and unnecessarily we are tampering our ears with these buds. Since every time...

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Is Using Ear-buds hygenic?

sunstar402 @sunstar402 (676) • India 25 Jul 09

Hello All, As far as I know using ear buds is not bad. And I don't find people shouting at persons using buds occasionally. Using ear buds is not a problem. We use it to clean our ears but nowadays all use it as a habit. Is...

does anyone else have a problem with the mp3 players ear buds?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 15 Nov 08

my ears must be deformed or something because the ear bud earphones that came with my mp3 player dont fit right.. if i laugh they pop out like im some kind of cartoon character am i like the only one with this...

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Listening to music at work

thinkingoutloud @thinkingoutloud (6127) • Canada 8 Feb 07

For those of you who are working in a corporate / office setting, do you listen to music at work? If so, in what form? More and more businesses seem to be instituting policies about not using iPods, mp3 players or other headsets...

music in the office

workplace disruption

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Do you use ear buds

rafeeqclicks @rafeeqclicks (274) • United States 23 Oct 06

I love the feeling of cleaning my ears after bath using a bud. ow abt u??

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