The reason for medical technical jargon...

[jducoeur]

... is clearly to make conditions sound more dignified and interesting than they really are. In the case at hand, "extracting a Cerumen Impaction" sounds ever so much better than, "We removed a plug of earwax the size of a Tootsie Roll from each ear". But at least I can hear again. (And suddenly realize that my hearing's only been around 70% for months now...)

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[fitzw.livejournal.com]

I am so with you on that one. First time that I had the problem dealt with was in college -- felt like someone had stuffed cotton in my ears. Now I make sure that I irrigate my ear canals on a regular basis, so that it doesn't reach a point where I need a medical procedure to deal with it.

That was when I learned that I had some hearing loss that couldn't be attributed to the cerumen build-up.