Alsubaie Haya, Alghamdi Saif, Almalki Abdulaziz, Almansouri Omar S, Alsulami Fahad A, Bafail Sumayya A
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences College of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus. 2023 Mar 22;15(3):e36499. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36499. eCollection 2023 Mar.
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.
耳模塑形是评估耳朵以进行助听器适配的一种安全方法。耳模塑形非常罕见的一种并发症是异物进入中耳。我们报告一例三岁男孩的病例，该男孩左侧鼓膜穿孔且双侧感音神经性听力损失，需要使用助听器。在耳模塑形过程中，塑形材料意外进入他的中耳腔，这就需要立即手术将其取出。对于鼓膜穿孔的此类患者，在通过耳模塑形获取耳印模时必须谨慎操作，以防止异物进入中耳。
