I went deaf cleaning my ears with cotton buds – the pain was agonising and I was plagued by the sound of crashing metal

A MUM was left virtually deaf for six years after injuring both eardrums with a cotton wool bud while cleaning her ears. Skye van Rensburg, 21, accidentally perforated her left eardrum by pushing a cotton bud in too far while using it in the shower. The mum from Winsford, Cheshire, said she experienced hearing loss...