Abstract
To the Editor:— On numerous occasions, patients present themselves complaining of reduced or absent hearing, vertigo, tinnitus, headache, or otalgia. Examination of these patients is essentially normal, with the exception of the presence of impacted cerumen in the auditory canal. The symptoms are due to the impinging of the cerumen on the drumhead. Removal of the cerumen is followed by alleviation of the complaints. At times, removal of the impacted cerumen presents a rather difficult task. Irrigation and instrumentation proves painful and at times fruitless in attempting to loosen the inspissated and hardened cerumen. I have used a simplified method of removing the impacted cerumen and it has proved successful and of minimal discomfort to the patient. I introduce into the ear canal a weak solution of a commercial detergent (All or Dreft), and this is permitted to remain in the ear over night. The following morning the cerumen is
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