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My left earpod is quieter than my right

I've been wondering this for some time, am I deaf in my left ear, or is my earpod generally broken? I want to make them both sound the same. When I take my right earpod out and listen to my left one, and then take my left out and listen to the right, the right earpod is a lot louder than my left. Is this because of earwax/hearing damage/or the earpod is broken. I've tested this with other earbuds as well, and they generally seem to be the same, so even if this is hearing damage, is there anything I can do to fix it? Thanks for the help.

iPod touch, iOS 8

Posted on Oct 5, 2014 11:40 AM

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Frankie1413

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Posted on Oct 17, 2015 1:20 PM

To fix your sound issue, take a softly bristled clean toothbrush. You can then carefully brush the larger opening of the Earpod. then, (bear with me) suck on the larger opening until you can feel that you are causing air to come through. Then, brush again. This should solve your issue. The main reason why this has happened is ears with an exesesive amount of wax that melts into the earbud.

Hope i was of assistance,

Frankie H.

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Jul 21, 2018 4:09 PM in response to tracidlynn

I‘m sorry my contribution did not help you. I was so sure it will work for you too since you mentioned when you change thr position within your ear, it’s geting better. I had the same and could fix mine with the proper cleaning.

Looks like you’ll have to involve Apple Support, should not be a big deal since you still have warranty, you’ll get a replacment within days.

I was there too. But in the end it was just the cleaning.

Regards,

David

sWiFt24

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Apr 19, 2016 9:02 AM in response to Frankie1413

Bump. Yep this works sounds weird but hey you do what you gotta do to not pay for another set of ear pods. Thanks man!

Jan 20, 2015 4:24 AM in response to Drew Reece

This solved my problem..Thanks

Sep 24, 2017 6:57 AM in response to Frankie1413

Man you are a genius. It worked like a Charm!!

Thanks a lot!

Xpartan

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Oct 9, 2017 10:40 AM in response to Frankie1413

This has solved my problem. Thanks so much.

psteele2

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Oct 15, 2017 6:03 AM in response to 1-800 I need help

i have the same problem, left bud quieter than the right with apple ear buds, on my normal around ear headphones the sound is ok, so put it down the apple ones.

Jan 13, 2018 7:30 AM in response to Frankie1413

THANK YOU. I WISH I READ THIS 5 EARBUDS AGO. Also I need to get my ears cleanes

Jan 24, 2018 8:54 AM in response to Frankie1413

Wow, that's so gross but it does work. My airpods sound great now. Thanks for the info!

Feb 3, 2018 9:13 AM in response to Frankie1413

Thank you so much

Dazer95

Level 1

4 points

Feb 16, 2018 2:23 AM in response to Frankie1413

Oh my gosh, thank you so much! This fixed my issue! 😄

Feb 19, 2018 12:38 AM in response to Frankie1413

As nasty as that sounded it actually works! Did it on 2 different sets of earbuds by Apple. Thanks for saving me from buying yet another pair 😁

Mar 21, 2018 7:32 AM in response to Froning35

Oh my god! That actually worked!

emguad

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Mar 28, 2018 12:35 PM in response to 1-800 I need help

This helped!! I didn’t think it would but it did so thank you! Use this guy’s knowledge!

aposmith

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May 2, 2018 9:43 AM in response to Frankie1413

You sir are a legend. Thank you.

ollayah

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May 29, 2018 6:52 AM in response to 1-800 I need help

Hi I did that to my right earpod and It began to work for a while now it's supper quite again. I really don't want to buy another pair, what can I do?

My left earpod is quieter than my right