Pulling out black-brown soft lumps from the ear may be caused by cerumen, foreign bodies in the ear canal, and old crusts. 1. Cerumen: it occurs in people with strong secretion of ceruminous glands. Cerumen can be mixed with external dust to form black-brown objects, which may appear as the manifestation of pulling out black-brown soft lumps from the ear. 2. Foreign bodies in the ear canal: small insects and other foreign bodies fly into the ear canal, or other plant foreign bodies enter into the ear, which can gradually form black-brown objects, which can be pulled out when pulling out the ear. 3. Stale scabs: due to pulling out the ear too hard or other external reasons lead to damage in the ear canal, the local can appear slight bleeding, when the damage is healed, the bleeding place can form old blood clotting scabs, when pulling out the ear can be pulled out the black-brown soft lumps of objects. When pulling out black-brown soft lumps in the ear should be timely medical consultation, under the guidance of a specialist doctor active treatment.