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HI!!

Just after a little advice really!! it might sound silly but my ears dont seem to fit anything in them, head phones, stethoscopes!! I can only hear if i push them right in which i cant do with only 2 hands as well as trying to taking a BP!

Any advice as to what i can do??!! Im scared im not going to be able to take peoples blood pressures!!!

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dont worry

you will be fine im exactly the same

but when you take Bp you have to put the earpieces of the stethescope
so they follow the inside of your ear canal does that make sense and
you will get them in and be able to take Bp
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When you buy decent steths, you get two different type ear fittings - a pair of soft, pliable ones and a pair of quite hard plastic ones. I'm sure one of the fittings will work for you.
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Ive got the plastic ones and i've been trying to file them down to fit in my ears but still no joy!!!

thank you for you help, im just a little stuck with what to do!!! My ears are too small inside!!!
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Perhaps ask a manufacturer what they suggest? Have you tried the soft earpieces? I've got an amplified stethescope which might help -but they are ludicriously expensive!
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oh wow that sounds like it would help but if they are ludicriuosly expensive maybe i need to try before i buy somehow!!! x
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There was one at the uni they leant me for the weekend. Think the faculty might have helped me buy one if I hadn't got it bought by the nhs for me. Not sure if thats any use???
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Hi C bear, i have just bought my stethascope and they kinda fit in my ears but really hurt! Also i am concerned that I can not hear that much?? I know I have decreased hearing in my left ear due to infections when I was a kid.

C bear did you ever find anything ear pieces to fit?
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I never understood how on earth you do it! spose I'll need a sphyg to practice
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