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Hearing aid impression material stuck
I went to buy a hearing aid .the hearing aid dealer took an impression of my ear. I have some perforation in ear drum ...he inject the material into my ear..and when he removed that material I feel pain and blocking of canal.when he checked that found a bit of material stuck in to canal. Today I went for CT scan and found the material into my middle ear..so please suggest me what to do? The best hospital for treatment? While we go for an surgery,is there any chance of any complication and while removing the material abutting the incus and stapes ,is there any chance of damage of these bones?
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Impression material seem to have entered the middle ear. It may cause foreign body reaction and persistent ear discharge. You may need to undergo procedure known as exploratory tympanotomy to remove all the material from middle ear. Consider undergoing ear drum repair surgery at the same sitting
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