Eargasms, Earwax & The Earplug Craze: How To REALLY Protect Your Hearing with Dr Joseph Manjaly

Dr Karan Explores

💬 “I'm out here to raise awareness about something that is so precious. We only realise the value of it when we lose it.” ~Dr Joseph Manjaly

⚡️ Dr Joseph Manjaly is a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon, who works at the internationally renowned Royal National ENT Hospital in Central London. He also runs The Ear & Hearing Specialist Clinic and has a strong following on social media.

⚡️ In this episode Joseph and I discuss everything from tinnitus to earwax and even eargasms, to help you better understand how to protect your hearing and look after your ears.

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡︎ How to spot hearing loss (and the biggest warning signs)

➡︎ Why earwax is NOT a hygiene issue (and how to safely clean your ears)

➡ How hearing loss is linked with up to a 5x increased risk of dementia

➡︎ Why people with misophonia hate the sound of people chewing food

➡︎ That tinnitus doesn’t have to be a lifelong condition

📕 Chapters

(1:03) Getting proactive with your hearing(4:00) What can go wrong with the ear

(6:02) How does sound damage hearing?

(8:14) Impact of headphones

(9:30) The earbud craze

(15:01) Dealing with earwax

(22:30) Dementia and hearing loss

(27:39) Misophonia

(30:56) Tinnitus

(34:06) Eargasms

(37:25) Action based strategies

(41:27) Red flag symptoms to look out for

📱 Connect with me:

TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan

Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr

📱 Connect with Joseph:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earsurgeonjoe/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earsurgeonjoe

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jm2476 

🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook 

🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes and get the latest updates.

Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

The United States and Canada