I had my ears washed today because my ear canals were closing up when I laid down or even smiled. They cleaned out ear wax chunks twice the size of baked beans. I have super human hearing now.
You can get it done at an ENT but I just want to my general physician. I was having soar throat and ear canal problems - he looked inside and saw the build up. A nurse came in and had it all cleaned out in 5-10 minutes and she said it's very common for this to happen but people don't realize it.