Can ear syringing lead to a tinnitus compensation claim?
It does not take much googling to discover the belief that tinnitus can result from having one’s ears syringed; it takes little more to find equally firm belief that it does not. It may, therefore, be worth looking at the process. The treatment involves applying water through a syringe to a sufferer’s ear. This softens and loosens the wax, or cerumen, and thus reduces any pain or other symptoms related to a waxy build-up. Most patients receiving this treatment prefer the fluid to be at body temperature, as it being too warm or too cold can lead to dizziness. The claim that this can cause hearing loss or impairment seems to centre on the issue that the pressure with which the fluid is applied can be harmful to the organs of hearing. It does appear to affect only a small number of people who undergo the treatment, and it is not known precisely how this could happen. Suggestions that remain unproven include the power of the water hitting the eardrum, and the noise of the water ‘whooshing’
