Doctor extracts 4 moldy earplug chunks from man’s ear canal｜Formosa English News

Bilingual text here: https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026B02W09EA?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description 雙語文字版: https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2026B02W09EA?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description Our official website: ➔ https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/ Follow us on Facebook: ➔ https://www.facebook.com/ftvformosanews X (Twitter): ➔ https://x.com/FTV_Taiwan_News If you wear ear-plugs to bed, remember to take them out fully in the morning. One 60-year-old man in Taoyuan apparently forgot to do so, and ended up with four earplug chunks stuck inside his ears. The man initially thought he had hearing loss, as he has gradually lost hearing over the course of six months. It was only when he went to the doctor, that he found out it was all because his ears were blocked. You can imagine his joy when he realized he could still hear perfectly fine. Let’s hear more. Lee Tien-hsien ENT doctor Every time he took his earplugs out, he didn’t check to see if they were still in one piece. So some fragments ended up lodged inside his ear canal. Having the pieces in there naturally impaired his hearing. The further in they are pushed, the harder they are to remove. They could even seal off the ear canal fully, which may cause a fungal infection. The doctor pulled out several orangey-yellow earplug chunks out of the patient’s ear with a forceps. The patient says he had been suffering from severe hearing loss for nearly six months, and only went to the doctor due to his wife’s insistence. It turns out that the earplugs he wore to bed to block out his wife’s snoring were the root of the problem. It was quite a gruesome procedure, as the earplugs appeared to be moldy after staying in the ear for suck a long time. To avoid problems, doctors suggest checking earplugs for damage every time, and avoid pushing them too deep inside the canal. For more Taiwan news, tune in: Mon to Fri at 9:30 pm on Channel 152 Tue to Sat at 1 am on Channel 53 #earplug #hearingloss #snoring #gross #doctor #台灣新聞 #FormosaEnglishNews #民視新聞 #FTV新聞 #Taiwan