Good choice! Sweet oil (refined olive oil) and plain vegetable glycerine work as well. Vegetable glycerine is a
ontact bacterial desiccant(I can never spell "dediccant"-at any rate,it kills the little buggers)

Oh, and if anything you put in your ear is going down your throat-your ear drum is not intact, and needs to be patched. This is simple process where they take a bit of skin from behind your ear and put it on the open spot. You can hear much better after that.If you have surgically implanted tubes...follow your surgeons care instructions.