Ear Examinations

This is probably going to sound out of place compared to most of the stuff I've read on this forum, but I get incredibly aroused by having objects inserted into my ears. I LOVE it when the doctor puts the little flashlight in there...it is ticklish and makes squirm. I also fantasize about having my ear irrigated sometimes, or having my temperature taken in my ear.

Has anyone else by chance encountered such feelings?

P.S. I love loads of other exam stuff as well...I just haven't heard about ear stuff in the medical fetish community and I'm curious.

Had a beetle in my ear when i was a child. lot of drama to get it out. since then my ears are very "sensitive"

Thanks for this - it goes to show that we play doctors should not overlook the little things in an exam while concentrating on the big ones. They all add to the patient's pleasure and to the realism of the situation. So if you come to me, your ears will definitely be checked!

A play patient of mine was extremely ticklish when I used the otoscope to examine her ears. She did not exhibit it during the first few exams but it became apparent later. Perhaps she was too nervous during the earlier exams and began exhibiting the feeling once she became more comfortable.

I can relate. During my childhood in Oslo, the capital of Norway, I had to go trough several special exams in addition to the standard school physical.

At age 7 I was taken downtown to a health institution to have a hearing test and examinations with sonds stuck into my ears.

The exam ended by haveing ear-wax washed out.

Just recently i had to go to my real doctor for an ear infection, he refferred me to an Ear Nose and Throat doc who i get to see again this wednesday. I love it, but i hate it at the same time. HAving someone soo close to you peering inside your ears is in some ways kinda erotic to me. The last time i went to the ENT i told him it sounded like i had bubbles in my ear.. and he put the fiberoptic camera inside my ear to look and take pictures... it was kinda scary at first not knowing what that long metal probe was, but surprisingly it didnt hurt like i thought it would.

Sorry, FrenchKitty, i've had lots of ear exams, never got anything from them... 😢

I totally get you girly 😉

Its weird and random but oddly arousing.

I HATE ear exams.

I had ear problems when I was very young, and since cannot stand when they put anything into my ears.

I'm with you, Ellen. I don't like going to the ear doctor.

Ear exams do not bother me, I have come to expect them to be a part of the exam. If I am going to have an exam, I want a complete one.

I have suffered from almost complete hearing loss from earwax and have had to have my ears irrigated and curetted several times. To me, this treatment has the same combination of pain, pleasure, loss of control, and intimacy as the exams discussed on other parts of this site. It's almost like an enema for the ears.

The relief is immediate, too. There's nothing to compare with the sensation of suddenly regaining hearing after not having any for hours or days.

Ear exam like mouth and throat are part of a complete exam, so your question is absolutely nothing out of place, in my ideal exam everything must be checked. Off course that sometimes I like to give only partial exams, like only abdomen and gyno or auscultation and lungs. In play exams I like to play realistic so the patient may have or not have complains but has allways a medical history so I conduct the exam from tnere, in my last one I did an House call to a young female patient complaining of headaches. In the morning she had also awake with a Strong pain in the appex region that had disappeared during the day. I saw her after dinner time...

I always perform a complete physical on a patient's first visit regardless of what else we may do. Typically the Otoscope exam is my first invasive or internal interaction with the patient, either following B/P, or in many cases as the very first act. If the instrumentation is done in a gentle thoughtful manner, it may easily stimulate arousal as the Pinna is a highly erogenous region. For many patients the gentle introduction of the aural specula causes a "ticklish" sensation which may also be arousing. In my opinion, the Otoscope exam is a critical step that must be performed with utmost care and attention to detail since it sets the tone for the rest of the exam. To overlook this opportunity in a play exam is like having sex without foreplay.

Dr J58 is right... the ear examination is invasive and can be erotic. In my examinations it is the first time I really move into the patient's private space (because I need to stand very close to use the otoscope) -- another reason for its quasi-erotic nature. 😃

The ear exam to me seems very intimate. The fact that the doctor has to move very close to peer inside the ear and its an invasion of space. It also allows the sub/patient to feel very vulnerable because it is such a sensitive area. I personally enjoy the ear exam because it puts me in a very intimate headspace.

Ear exam gets me going up and close with your doctor at that point of the exam

I think that, even beyond the proximity of the examiner, there is something to be said for the sensation of having something in the ear.

I think DrJ and Phoebe have got it perfectly- the closeness and ticklish feeling is great!

Oddly, I've always found ear thermometers to be uncomfortable though.

I've got some issues with my eustachian tube, so I've had to have pressure tests done on my ear, which basically involve a small device going in my ear and then puffing air in my ear to measure how well the ear drum moves. It doesn't hurt, but it feels kind of funny.

I like the way it feels when they look in my ears. The deeper the probe, the better. I feel somewhat violated when they get extremely close to my eyes, ears, and even up my nose.

I love when a doctor looks in my ears.

He put a machine in my ear and made me say something when a sound bep... it was funny

A must have for any exam for me.....

Ear examinations with an otoscope are a neccessary part of any head-to-toe exam for me as well.

I have to admit, I do get the "tingles" from having my ears looked at.

I just bought an otoscope! I got it mainly for practical use, but I love the added bonus that I might also get to use it for play someday.

When I was younger, I was prone to ear infections, so my mom bought the supplies to examine my ears at home. Now that I'm older and on my own, I have to go to the student death center (our loving name for the clinic) and they're extremely rough. My ears have bled a few times from their carelessness. So, at the moment, I'm slightly turned off to ear exams because of the nurses at school. However, if someone were able to do it gently and safely, I'd reconsider.

What I find funny is that the nurses always blamed my ear piercings on why they were so rough. Is that a normal problem? In my right ear I have a helix, double inner conch, another cartilage piercing in the middle of the edge of my ear and my earlobe. My left ear only has my earlobe done.

Hawky, I cannot understand why the nurses at your health center have to be so rough with and otoscope. I use one all the time and have never caused bleeding from the exam alone. I also have a Welch Allen ear irrigator for ear wax removal. It really beats trying to remove wax with a tool and the physicians can order the procedure for a number of patients, (mostly elderly, over 70), and know that no harm will come to the patients.

If they pull your ear lobes hard enough to cause bleeding you should report this to the folks in charge. That kind of behavior is uncalled for.

Steve, RN

Well I'm quite sensitive to my ears. In childhood I suffered from midle ear infections and the treatment was piercing the eardrum. It was like eight times or so. I don't remember much. Just the pain and scene of heating up some kind of wire or needle. First they put the speculum into a soar ear and then they pushed the needle through the eardrum to let the pus leak out. No painkillers.

Horrible memories.