Your ear cleaning appointment at Auckland Hearing

You will find us at 66 Michaels Ave, Ellerslie.

Please do not:

• Put any shop-bought earwax drops in your ears as this can make the wax more challenging to get out as it can melt the wax down onto your eardrum.
• Put a cotton bud or anything else in your ears as this may push the wax deeper into your canal or damage the skin in your ear canal.  

Please do:

• Use Olive Oil.
• Olive oil gets between the wax and your ear canal. It loosens and wax that is stuck to your ear canal, making the wax easier (and more comfortable to remove). 

1. Lie on your side.
2. Put the olive oil down your canal as deep as possible and then massage your ear (by holding a tissue over your ear) to get the olive oil to go between the wax and your ear canal.
3. Wait for about 10 mins. You may have to do this morning and night for 2-3 days.

Once a gap forms between the wax and your ear canal, your ear may unblock, and you may feel a bit better.

If you have made an appointment for wax removal, usually it is a sign that you feel something is not right with your ears or hearing. When we look into your ears, we will let you know what we see. We will clean your ears using suction, sometimes we use saline (salty water) or olive oil to help soften the wax before removing it.

Sometimes there is no wax. If this is the case, we will use the available time to investigate what is happening with your ears or hearing and suggest the best way forward. The appointment will be charged as normal. If we think you need a different type of appointment like a hearing test we may need to rebook you for this at another time.

Other causes for blocked hearing are fluid behind the eardrum or sudden hearing loss. If we have time we can do further assessments to investigate the cause of the blocked sensation, or we may need to book another appointment for this.

Occasionally, we are not able to remove all the ear wax. This may happen if the wax has been pushed down onto the eardrum or is impacted (hardened) onto the eardrum. If we find this, we may need to ask you to use olive oil in your ear canals for a few days to help the harder (stuck) wax come away from the skin in your ear canal. We may rebook you a few days later so we can remove it. This follow-up appointment will cost $40.

Some things will be slightly different at the clinic to keep our patients and staff safe from Covid-19. Please visit our Covid information page for the latest information on booking appointments and increased safety measures in clinic.

• If you are unwell, please do not come to your appointment. Please let us know, and we will reschedule your appointment.
• Please wear your mask and wash your hands before coming to your appointment; you will also be able to use hand sanitiser on arrival.
• We aim to stay more than 1 meter away from you as much as possible (other than when a clinic procedure means we need to get closer to you).
• We will wipe down surfaces between clients.

See you soon

We look forward to seeing you at your appointment. If you need to change or cancel your appointment, please give us at least 24 hours notice to fill your appointment time.

Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.