Open AccessEar Mold Impression Foreign Body
Author(s) -
Ardeshirpour Farhad,
Hilton Christopher,
Levine Samuel
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.496
Subject(s) - impression , art , mold , computer science , world wide web , materials science , composite material
He elected to undergo surgical resection. The mold was found to fill the middle ear space and surrounded the ossicles (Figure 2). After the mold was removed, the stapes footplate was found to be dislocated with a perilymphatic leak. A fascial graft was used to cover the footplate and the leak resolved. The patient’s symptoms improved. Post-operatively the audiogram showed that hearing was preserved with the rightsided pure tone average (PTA) measuring 53 dB which improved to 73 dB at 6 months. Speech discrimination score initially decreased to 60% which eventually increased to 76%. To present the case of a patient whose right ear hearing aid canal mold impression was complicated by having mold material enter his middle ear.