💬 “I'm out here to raise awareness about something that is so precious. We only realise the value of it when we lose it.” ~Dr Joseph Manjaly ⚡️ Dr Joseph Manjaly is a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon, who works at the internationally renowned Royal National ENT Hospital in Central London. He also runs The Ear & Hearing Specialist Clinic and has a strong following on social media. ⚡️ In this episode Joseph and I discuss everything from tinnitus to earwax and even eargasms, to help you better understand how to protect your hearing and look after your ears. 🎧 Stay tuned to find out: ➡︎ How to spot hearing loss (and the biggest warning signs) ➡︎ Why earwax is NOT a hygiene issue (and how to safely clean your ears) ➡ How hearing loss is linked with up to a 5x increased risk of dementia ➡︎ Why people with misophonia hate the sound of people chewing food ➡︎ That tinnitus doesn’t have to be a lifelong condition 📕 Chapters (1:03) Getting proactive with your hearing(4:00) What can go wrong with the ear (6:02) How does sound damage hearing? (8:14) Impact of headphones (9:30) The earbud craze (15:01) Dealing with earwax (22:30) Dementia and hearing loss (27:39) Misophonia (30:56) Tinnitus (34:06) Eargasms (37:25) Action based strategies (41:27) Red flag symptoms to look out for 📱 Connect with me: TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr 📱 Connect with Joseph: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earsurgeonjoe/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earsurgeonjoe YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jm2476  🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook  🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.