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A ear-picking session in Chengdu, China. Ear picking, also known as ear scooping (Chinese: simplified Chinese: 采耳; traditional Chinese: 採耳; pinyin: Cǎi ěr), is a type of traditional ear hygiene and leisure activity common in Asia. [1] It involves the process of removing earwax using various tools.
A bamboo ear pick with a down puff A metal ear pick. Ear picks, also called ear scoops, or ear spoons, or earpicks, are a type of curette used to clean the ear canal of earwax (cerumen). They are preferred and are commonly used in East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia because Asians tend to develop dry ear wax. [1] [2]
A 2004 study found that the "use of a cotton-tip applicator to clean the ear seems to be the leading cause of otitis externa in children and should be avoided." [ 19 ] Instead, wiping wax away from the ear with a washcloth after a shower almost completely cleans the outer one-third of the ear canal, where earwax is made. [ 20 ]
In the late 2010s, battery-operated 'smart' curette earwax removal devices were introduced to the commercial personal grooming market. These endoscope-like devices are roughly the size and shape of a thick ballpoint pen, combining a miniature digital video camera, LED light source, Wi-Fi connectivity, and various earwax removal attachments.
Water Pik, Inc. (also Waterpik) is an American oral health products company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. A subsidiary of Church & Dwight, it produces personal and oral health care products such as oral irrigators and pulsating shower heads. [1] Waterpik began in 1962 as Aqua Tec Corporation. with the invention of the oral irrigator. [2]
Two people wearing behind-the-neck earmuffs. Thermal earmuffs are worn for protection from the cold. Because the ears extend from the sides of the head to gather sound waves, they have a high skin surface-area-to-volume ratio, and very little muscle tissue, causing them to be one of the first body parts to become uncomfortably cold as temperatures drop.