An 11-year-old boy from Britain, who was partially deaf for nearly 10 years, was suddenly cured when a thick piece of cotton popped out of his ear, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
Jerome Bartens was diagnosed as deaf in his right ear when he was just two-years-old. Over the next nine years, he struggled to live a normal life as a young boy — but everything changed when he felt a sudden pop in his right ear while playing a game of pool with friends.
He put his finger in his ear and pulled out a tip of a cotton wool bud that had been wedged in his ear since he was a toddler.
"It was just incredible — his hearing returned to normal in an instant," Barten's dad said.
"I had always suspected Jerome had stuck something in his ear when he was little and that was causing the problem. But the doctors and hearing specialists said it was wax and he would probably grow out of it."
"I am amazed they didn't spot something as obvious as a cotton wool bud."
Jerome is due to be examined by hearing experts later this week — and his dad is taking along the cotton wool bud as proof of his "miracle cure".
"It was very strange at first to be able to hear everything," said Barten.
"But now I'm getting used to it — it's great that people don't have to shout to me or that I don't have to turn my head all the time."
Courtesy Fox News
Chandler's Verdict:
NOT CLASSY!!!
How the hell do you have cotton stuck in your ear for 9 years?!!? How dumb were the doctors that worked on this kid? You think that they would take the time to look in his ears...I swear when I first read this I was convinced it was a prank...but unfortunately, it's true.
If this was my kid, I would first slap the doctors for being tools...then slap my kid for putting cotton in his ear...then slap myself for having a kid that stupid...then slap my wife just for the hell of it.
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