Do you wear hearing aids? Those need to be cleaned as well. Take a look at this video
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If you are experiencing discomfort in one or both of your ears, you can try an olive oil treatment.
Olive oil drops: 2 drops in the morning and 2 drops in the evening
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Olive oil spray: 2 pumps in the morning and 2 pumps in the evening
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Repeat this for 5 days. If there is still no relief, you may have an ear infection and will need to visit a GP.
Please note Reach and Nightingale Hammerson are not affiliated with the companies shown above and we do not take responsibility for any product malfunctioning or any issue occurring while using it.
Meet our experts
Andrew Goodwin
Engage Service Manager
Andrew has been a deaf awareness trainer for over 25 years and has over 50 years’ first-hand experience living with hearing loss. Working in the charity sector since 2003, Andrew has trained and supported hundreds of volunteers and given medical and psychological support to thousands of people with all types of hearing loss.
For 4 years, he worked at Deafness Research UK, increasing the awareness of hearing loss by delivering hearing screening and supporting the Bionic Ear Show with over 150,000 audience members across the UK. In 2016, he was instrumental in the set up of Engage (formerly Hearing Matters in Care project), developing the training package, polices and reaching out to care homes as well as running hearing aid maintenance clinics across North London.
Padraic Garrett
Head of Engage
Padraic, with over 25 years of experience in the care industry, has held senior leadership positions in both care homes and day centres. This dual perspective gives him a unique understanding of the challenges faced by both frontline staff and senior management.
Padraic holds a master’s degree in person-centred dementia care and is a qualified Executive Coach and Mentor (ILM Level 7). He has an ILM post-graduate certificate in Leadership and Management. He joined Engage in 2021, having worked closely with the company as a customer from its earliest days.
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