I once slowly went somewhat deaf in one ear, over the course of a month or two. Finally went in to the doctor to see what was up, and it turned out I had a massive chunk of ear wax sealing the entire base of my ear canal. I proceeded to have a nurse somewhat painfully ear-fuck me with one of those small pressure washers like they use at the dentist’s, while I laid on my side and made small talk. Chunks and gunk kept coming out, but age couldn’t get the whole thing dislodged until she poured some pink medical-grade anal lubricant in there to loosen thing up. Finally got it dislodged, and holy shit, let me tell you. You’ve never felt a post-cleaned ear like that. It was so sensitive to sound I could hear a fly fart in my neighbor’s attic for days afterwards, until it returned to normal. Wouldn’t recommend or do again, but despite the pain, it remains the ultimate ear cleaning I’ve ever experienced. Pretty sure my ear reached nirvana and left me behind, the prick