Whether it’s enjoying a podcast, listening to music or chatting on the phone, many of us spend hours a day using our headphones. One 2017 study of 4,185 Australians showed they used headphones on ...

Using Q-tips to clean the inside of your ear canal can lead to wax impaction, irritation, and even damage to the eardrum.

Cotton swabs “really weren’t made to clean your ears — all they do is just push the wax deeper down into your ear canal and this causes an impaction,” Dr. Tonia L. Farmer, who goes by Dr. Nose Best, ...

Dear Mirror doctor, please, why do children keep getting ear infections? What can be done to prevent ear infections in children?

Want music on your outdoor runs without losing street awareness? See how open‑ear and bone‑conduction headphones stack up.