Originally Posted by bafanguy
Loose,
One of our pilot's wives had a very famous case here in the States of antibiotic given to doses far too high. It completely destroyed her balance mechanism, and her life. It was even covered on 60 Minutes several years ago. Very sad case.
I would think the ear wax case would be very easy to spot...just look in there ?
Yes, it doesn't take much to interfere with this delicate system. Having experienced labyrinthitis sp? it is easy to understand how this would ruin a life if it didn't get better.
Looking in ears. Some instruments are a little more tricky to use than you would imagine. Looking into an ear is a case in point, well with some people's ears anyway. Sometimes the outer ear seems to resist all attempts to see round its curvatures. The professionals will have developed techniques to do this safely.