Huh? Say again? Is too much ear wax the problem?

Dr Benjamin Loh extracting earwax from a patient's ears with specialised equipment. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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SINGAPORE - I had a dull ear ache and could hardly hear from my left ear when I woke up on the first day of 2021. What a start to the year, I thought.

But this was not a new problem for me. I experience an excessive build-up of ear wax every two to three years.

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