When cheating goes wrong : hearing device migrated to the middle ear cavity

Abstract EN

A twenty-four-year-old Bahraini male presented to emergency with bloody discharge from the left ear and mild earache.

History revealed insertion of a hearing device in the left external canal, which migrated to the middle ear cavity.

The device was removed under general anaesthesia; one mm in diameter foreign body was extracted with a surgical hook through the tympanic membrane perforation.

The patient did not suffer any major complication