A phantom foreign body in the middle ear

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.

Middle Ear Foreign Body Induced by Ear Molding Procedure: A Case-Report and a Literature Review

During the placement of a mould for a hearing aid by a hearing aid dispenser, moulding MATERIALS entered the middle ear through preexisting perforations in the tympanic membrane. Middle ear foreign bodies are common otorhinolaryngological emergencies and must be removed to avoid complications. Surgical removal of the moulding MATERIALS by tympanotomy was necessary. Here, we report a case of a m...

An Unusual Foreign Body in the Ear

Ear foreign body: tackling the uncommons.

As enumerated by the authors, ear foreign bodies were the commonest among all. Besides FB in pharynx which is related to eating habit, ear FB also showed higher numbers of incidents relatively in all age groups. This observation especially in adults is mostly related to the habit of instrumental digging of the ear canals to relieve itchiness. Cotton buds are the commonest tool used as seen in o...

Metallic foreign body in middle ear: an unusual cause of hearing loss

This is a rare case report of a foreign metallic body found in the middle ear. During the use of an electric welding by a metalworker, a glowing drop of dissolved metal overrun, burning the skin of his external auditory meatus, perforated the tympanic membrane and finally was implanted around the ossicles as a foreign body. Due to difficulty of the physical examination and the moderate symptoms...