From dentures to contact lenses and mouthguards, there are many accessories we put in our ears, eyes, nose or mouth to aid wellbeing. Yet could they cause problems, too? ANGELA EPSTEIN asked the ...

Everything you need to know about ear plugs, earplugs, hearing protection, wearing earplugs, sources for earplugs, or earplugs and motorcycling! Riding a motorcycle creates a lot of noise, even when ...

Eight months after the 3M company agreed to pay the U.S. government $9.1 million to resolve allegations it knowingly sold the U.S. military defective earplugs, the first Connecticut lawsuit alleging ...

Dear Amy: I work in a small manufacturing company with 20 employees. After several years of listening to workers bickering over personal radios with varying types of music, volume, as well as disputes ...

Ear popping during flights is caused by pressure imbalances affecting the Eustachian tube. Remedies like the Valsalva Maneuver and decongestants help manage discomfort. Cotton plugs are ineffective in ...

A former bomb disposal expert says he is partially deaf after setting off explosives while wearing ear plugs which "did not do the job". Rikki Drury, from Redcar, regularly wore the ear defenders ...