: the yellow waxy secretion from the glands of the external ear
called alsocerumen
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Dirty hearing aids won’t work well (if at all), as even a speck of earwax can clog the delicate electronics, preventing them from relaying sound properly.—Christopher Null, Wired News, 22 June 2025 The model was able to distinguish earwax samples from people with and without Parkinson’s with 94 percent accuracy.—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025 While hearing aids can suffer from faulty microphones or water damage, earwax seems to be the biggest culprit.—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025 These infections are typically caused by bacterial buildup resulting from earwax blockage, a cold or upper respiratory infections.—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for earwax
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