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Blackpuddin
Original Poster
4,785 posts
74 months
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I'm a very light sleeper and have discovered that earplugs really help. However, someone told me that this could be a bad move as wax is meant to constantly leak out of the ears. Any truth in that?
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andy_s
8,467 posts
128 months
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My wife wears them all the time, I wouldn't worry.
I wear them when we run out of KY, again, no worries.
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eztiger
634 posts
49 months
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I've been wearing them for the best part of a decade now. No obvious problems.
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Blackpuddin
Original Poster
4,785 posts
74 months
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andy_s said: My wife wears them all the time, I wouldn't worry.
I wear them when we run out of KY, again, no worries.  thanks to both, I was slightly worried as the old lugholes do feel a bit weird in the morn when I unplug.
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eztiger
634 posts
49 months
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It might depend on the type you use. I just use the 3M foam disposable ones and change them now and then.
They're foam / porous I guess so might.err..have some absorption. That sounds very wrong.
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Cupramax
2,952 posts
121 months
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I've been using them for a year and a half now and have had to have my ears syringed once. I recently moved into a house with a large tree right outside my bedroom window and was getting woken up by the dawn chorus every morning at 4:30  I use these ones, they seem perfect for the job. http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/shop/snore_calm_fo...
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Blackpuddin
Original Poster
4,785 posts
74 months
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Hate to mention it, but you can get these ones a damn site cheaper on ebay. 
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gobuddygo
246 posts
54 months
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Wife uses the E.A.R. ones dirt cheap on eBay.
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Carlton Banks
3,068 posts
105 months
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How do you guys manage to hear your alarm cocks?
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Cupramax
2,952 posts
121 months
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Carlton Banks said: How do you guys manage to hear your alarm cocks? Clock/Radio with alarm set to turn on radio at full blast.
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Soovy
31,967 posts
140 months
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Carlton Banks said: How do you guys manage to hear your alarm cocks? Well I suppose it's one way of being woken up, but not my bag!! 
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redtwin
5,854 posts
51 months
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LordGrover
18,630 posts
81 months
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These are 'designed' for sleeping: click. Thankfully not too much of an issue for me, the hearing in my left ear is pretty poor so just sleep on my right side. All is quiet. 
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Xerstead
397 posts
47 months
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Carlton Banks said: How do you guys manage to hear your alarm cocks? You get one of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zEH5GxPNO8 I may invest in some ear plugs, frequently get called into work in the early hours and back to bed as the birds get up.
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vladcjelli
1,288 posts
27 months
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Top tip:
Save energy by removing smoke alarm batteries when wearing earplugs to bed.
The contents of this post are entirely intended for semi humorous purposes, no actual safety advice should be inferred.
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Pothole
18,053 posts
151 months
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Blackpuddin said: I'm a very light sleeper and have discovered that earplugs really help. However, someone told me that this could be a bad move as wax is meant to constantly leak out of the ears. Any truth in that? Is the person who told you this medically trained in any way? Thought not. I wear earplugs on my motorcycle and sometimes when sleeping. I find that they keep my ears cleaner as the wax sticks to them and is extracted.
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Blackpuddin
Original Poster
4,785 posts
74 months
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Pothole said: Blackpuddin said: I'm a very light sleeper and have discovered that earplugs really help. However, someone told me that this could be a bad move as wax is meant to constantly leak out of the ears. Any truth in that? Is the person who told you this medically trained in any way? Thought not. I wear earplugs on my motorcycle and sometimes when sleeping. I find that they keep my ears cleaner as the wax sticks to them and is extracted. No, no med training, I've used plugs in bikes for years too but not for eight hours at a time. I'd agree with you that plugged lugs do seem cleaner in the morning.
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Pothole
18,053 posts
151 months
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Blackpuddin said: Pothole said: Blackpuddin said: I'm a very light sleeper and have discovered that earplugs really help. However, someone told me that this could be a bad move as wax is meant to constantly leak out of the ears. Any truth in that? Is the person who told you this medically trained in any way? Thought not. I wear earplugs on my motorcycle and sometimes when sleeping. I find that they keep my ears cleaner as the wax sticks to them and is extracted. No, no med training, I've used plugs in bikes for years too but not for eight hours at a time. I'd agree with you that plugged lugs do seem cleaner in the morning. Nothing personal but why are people who spout this kind of unfounded guessery given any creedence? Would you have come on here and asked the same kind of question if they'd told you that ear wax is made from congealed excess brain fluid?
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Blackpuddin
Original Poster
4,785 posts
74 months
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Seems a bit bonkers to get quite so exercised about it. We agree that wax is produced and has to go somewhere. The bit of knowledge I was missing was the rate of production and any possible long-term ramifications of blocking the flow for 8 hours at a time. Not being an ear expert myself I felt the question was worth asking. Sorry that it's upset you.
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pilchardthecat
5,921 posts
48 months
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I avoid the foam ones as i ended up with some ear infections. I use the Boot's "Muffles" wax earplugs.
Only problem is that sleeping without them becomes even more of a problem after a while.
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