Foreign body in the middle ear, a hearing aid complication.
A 12-year-old boy with moderate to severe bilateral mixed hearing loss was planned for hearing aid placement. During the process of making ear mould impression, the impression material accidentally entered the right middle ear. Removal of the ear mould impression was possible permeatally under general anaesthesia.
Shashinder
S
S
University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.
Tang
I P
IP
Velayutham
P
P
Rahmat
O
O
Loganathan
A
A
D002648:Child; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male