A cotton wick improves hearing in a patient with profound hearing loss.
https://doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v30i2.357
- Author:
Ryner Jose D. Carrillo
1
,
2
;
Precious Eunice R. Grullo
1
;
Maria Luz M. San Agustin
1
,
3
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila
2. Department of Anatomy College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila
3. Philippine National Ear Institute National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila
- Publication Type:Letter
- MeSH:
Human;
Male;
Hearing;
Hearing Loss
- From:
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2015;30(2):56-58
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Dear Editor,
The tympanic membrane and the ossicular chain contribute roughly 28 dB in hearing gain. In chronic suppurative otitis media, loss of tympanic membrane and lysis of the ossicular chain are significant causes of hearing loss.1 Through the years, hearing impairment has been augmented using various devices such as ear trumpets, carbon hearing aids, vacuum tube and transistor hearing aids, bone anchored hearing aids, and cochlear implants.2 This case report describes how a cotton wick was used to amplify sound.
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