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Severe audiovestibular loss following ear syringing for wax removal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Urmi Bapat ,
Jon Nia  and
Manohar Bance
Urmi Bapat
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jon Nia
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Manohar Bance
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Abstract

Syringing of the ear is one of the commonest procedures performed for cleaning cerumen from the external auditory canal. Common complications following syringing are pain, external auditory canal trauma and otitis externa. Hearing and vestibular loss are often mentioned as a complication in descriptions of this technique, but we have not been able to find a reported case of such an occurrence. We report one such a case.

Keywords

CerumenSyringesDeafnessPerilymphFistula
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 5 , May 2001 , pp. 410 - 411
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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