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ArticleCureus2023

Extraction of a Foreign Body From the Middle Ear Following a Complicated Hearing Aid Fitting: A Case Report.

Haya Alsubaie, Saif Alghamdi, Abdulaziz Almalki, Omar S Almansouri, Fahad A Alsulami, Sumayya A Bafail

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Haya AlsubaieOtolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences College of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Saif AlghamdiOtolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Jeddah, SAU.
Abdulaziz AlmalkiMedicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences College of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Omar S AlmansouriMedicine and Surgery, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences College of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Fahad A AlsulamiMedicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences College of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Sumayya A BafailMedicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences College of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ear molding is a safe way to evaluate the ear for hearing aid fitting. A very rare complication of ear molding is the entry of a foreign body into the middle ear. We report the case of a three-year-old boy who had a perforated left tympanic membrane and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss that required the use of hearing aids. During the ear molding procedure, the molding material was unintentionally introduced into his middle ear cavity, necessitating immediate surgery to remove it. Such patients with tympanic membrane perforation must be handled cautiously while an aural impression is taken via ear molding to prevent introducing a foreign body into the middle ear.

Indexed as

bone anchored hearing aidear moldingforeign body removalforiegn bodyimplantation otologyunusual foreign body

Identifiers

PMID37090384
PMCPMC10119617
OpenAlexW4353087283

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