Earbud piece was stuck in British man's ear for five years

UPI ^ | By Ben Hooper

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Wallace Lee of Weymouth, England, bought a home endoscope kit and discovered the cause of his partial hearing loss was an earbud part that had been stuck in his ear for five years. Photo by snsforyou/Pixabay.com

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A British man who feared he was going deaf used a home endoscope kit and discovered a piece of an earbud had been stuck in his ear for about five years.

Wallace Lee of Weymouth, Dorset, said he had been experiencing hearing loss for the past few years, and ended up buying a home endoscope kit to see if he could identify the issue.

The tiny camera alerted him to a small white object inside his ear.

"Five years ago when I was visiting my family in Australia I bought these little earplugs that you can put different attachments in, depending on the noise you want to phase out on an aircraft," Lee told the BBC. "One of these little attachments had lodged in there and it had been in there ever since."

Lee visited an ear, nose and throat surgeon, who was able to remove the offending object.

"Instantly I could hear everything in the room. The fog that was in my head for all those years went and left -- and I could hear perfectly well," he said.

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[billorites]

"a home endoscope kit"

Good to have a hobby the whole family can enjoy.

[Red Badger]

endoscope not colonoscope.................😜

[nascarnation]

Useful in auto repairs for sure.
Basically a small camera on a flexible cable that plugs into your phone and displays on the screen.

[BipolarBob]

Maybe THIS explains the voices in my head.

[Magnum44]

[bigbob]

Wut?

[Red Badger]

The voices in my head all sound like Gregorian Chants...................

[Celtic Conservative]

If they have a 2 directional camera they make quite good borescopes.

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[SFConservative]

The guy never thought about seeing a hearing specialist in all those 5 years?

[MeganC]

“The guy never thought about seeing a hearing specialist in all those 5 years?”

Hate to say but he’s a perfectly normal man who thought he could just ‘tough it out’ and be fine. I have one of those at home who has to be nagged every year to go get checked out.

[Red Badger]

Or never cleaned his ears?.................

[ConservativeInPA]

I guess going for an annual physical wasn’t an option.

[ryderann]

You’re having too much fun!

[I-ambush]

He probably tried to clean his ears with a Q-tip and pushed it in further.

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[seowulf]

After removing it from his ear, Mr. Wallace discovered a piece of the endoscope was missing.

[Chickensoup]

British healthcare system

[9YearLurker]

And here I was presuming he was on their NHS waiting list for 5 years.