The stapes is one of the small bones in the middle ear. Sound waves hit the ear drum and together with the other bones it tends to transmit the vibrations from the ear drum to the cochlea to the...
It sounds like you might not have a problem with that ear, but rather the other one. It could be that the ear without wax hears normally, while the other side may be muffled from compacted ear wax....
The part of the inner ear, called the cochlea, that is shaped like a snail. It has hair cells inside that vibrate and process the different sounds that you hear. Then sends it to the brain. There are...