A British man who thought he was going deaf used a home endoscope kit and noticed a piece of an earbud had been stuck in his ear… for about five years.

Wallace Lee said he had been experiencing hearing loss for the past few years, and ended up buying a home endoscope kit to see if he could identify the issue.

The tiny camera alerted him to a small white object inside his ear.

Lee visited an ear, nose and throat surgeon, who was able to remove the object.

“Instantly” he “could hear everything in the room….”