剖析耳屎清除耳垢的好处与坏处_BEC初级作文

剖析耳屎清除耳垢的好处与坏处

一位母亲在清理儿子耳朵中的耳垢

Another problem with do-it-yourself earwax removal: It's hard to see what you're doing, unless you pop for a pricey product like the Coden Ear Scope TV ($150 to $300 on eBay), a lighted magnifying camera that relays images of your ear canal to a computer or TV screen.

药店卖的“真空吸耳器”通常也没有效果。2005年英国一项针对16名病人进行的研究的论文发表在了《临床耳鼻喉科学》(Clinical Otolaryngology)上，这些病人中，没有人称使用真空吸耳器后听力有好转。鼓膜能见度也没有改善。实际上，耳垢根本没有被清除。

Doctors are particularly scornful of ear candling. 'I think it's the work of the devil, ' says Dr. Stackpole. The process uses a long, hollow cone-shaped candle. The patient lies down on one side, the bottom of the candle is placed in the ear and the other end is set ablaze, theoretically creating a vacuum inside that draws out the wax.

自己挖耳垢还有一个问题：很难看到自己在做什么，除非你购买了像Coden Ear Scope TV（eBay上售价为150美元至300美元）这样昂贵的产品，它有一个发光的放大摄像头，可以将耳道中的图像传输到电脑或电视屏幕上。

Many physicians -- and the Food and Drug Administration -- warn that it can drop hot wax into delicate ear tissues, cause burns or even set hair on fire. Doctors also say it doesn't work -- that brown, gooey stuff inside the cone is candle wax, not earwax.