I can really sympathize with Kerry over the whole not being able to hear thing. The earwax in my ears tend to get impacted a lot, so every so often, I'll basically just lose hearing in one of my ears. Then, I basically spend the next day just pushing against my ear trying to break up the earwax so that I can get at least some hearing back. It's always the worst when it happens during a vacation because I get so fixated on it that I can't enjoy anything.