A mum left virtually deaf for six years after using cotton buds to clean her ears can finally hear properly again after undergoing wax removal treatment. Skye van Rensburg first damaged her hearing after accidentally perforating her left eardrum while cleaning her ears with a cotton bud. Years later, she suffered another ear mishap after using a cotton bud in her right ear – leaving her with almost no hearing at all. The mum, 21, said she had become so used to the silence that she did not

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