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hcbit

Best earbuds for damaged ears? Maybe not the earbuds but the plastic that goes in the ear?

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I have some cauliflour or however you spell that built up inside my ears from 15 years of grappling and although most earbuds I can shove in my ear to the point of pain to get them to stay i'm curious if anyone knows of any tricks of the trade or anything I can buy to help this.

Posted Oct 16, 2019, 1:10 PM UTC

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Dodger_72•

All I can really say to that is try foam tips maybe? They shrink down to a small size when compressed and then expand out to fit the inside of your, with the right foam density you might be able to find a pair that don't hurt.

Otherwise custom tips specifically designed to match the inside of your ear canal is an option but cost a fair bit.

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hcbitOP•

Never heard of foam tips, I will look that up

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Frogski•

-There’s always custom fits inserts... -surgery lol get that shit scrapped out (11 years of grappling and just one droopy 👂here) I’ve seen my share of dudes having it done with some descent results.

  • embrace it and get some over the ear headphones 🤷‍♂️
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hcbitOP•

Mine is only inside my ear so it's always looked fine and I can hear fine it's just ear buds that suck and I dont want to get it scraped out for earbuds! I have some good headphones (thanks to you guys) but at the gym i'd hate to have big headphones on that sounds uncomfortable when im all sweatyt

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vincentcarguySTAX L300 Ltd| Kaldas RR1| TH-X00 PH| Koss PP| HD58X-CC| DT-177X•

Koss Porta Pro with Yaxi pads.... can take off the sponge pads and clean them.

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