Hi Donald, I am spouse of a PWP-lurker. I am glad to hear that the source of your hearing loss is wax. I am not so sure about the heat business to draw off the wax. There is a prescription for drops that will soften the wax in a few days and then it should be removed by a doctor with a special instrument. If he can actually visualize the wax. Sometimes it just falls out. Hearing aides are not a cure for ear wax so if I were you I would see a good ENT-ear nose and throat-doctor and have him take a look. The hearing aides would not work too well with the wax still present if indeed you do have some hearing loss. Best of luck. Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald F. McKinley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:15 PM Subject: UP DATE ON HEARING > FIRST I WANT TO THANK ALL FOR THEIR HELP. AFTER WAITING A HOUR HE LOOK IN MY EARS THAN USE A TUNING FORK SAID I HAD LOTOF WAX IN THEM WELL THE PEARSON WHO GAVE ME MY HEARING TEST SAID THEY WHERE CLEAN. NOW WE BOUGHT OVER THE COUNTER DROPS NO HELP THEN BOUGHT SOME THING U PUT IN U R EAR SET THE WAX ON FIRE. ITIS TODRAW ALL WAX OUT OF UR EAR. NO HELP SAID TO DOIT 5 TIMES A DAY THEN COME BACK NEXT MONDAY IF NO BETTER WILL FIT ME FOR HEARING AIDS IS IT A RIP OFF? JUST LIKE PD WHO IN THE WORLD DO WE BELIEVE? SO TILL THEN C U ALL > > I.Y.Q. DON & VIVIAN=LOVE > > > > > http://www.geocities.com/doncyberdadmckinley/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn