RESUMO
Children with congenital atresia of the external auditory canal require an early assessment of hearing and a determination of the degree of atresia and associated pathology by ABR, and C.T. scanning. We have done eleven ears with congenital meatal atresia at Ismailia University Hospital during the period from November 1993 until June 1997. Five females and three males; five out of the eight patients presented with unilateral atresia and three with bilateral The mean age was [ +/- 8.7] years. The second ear in the bilateral cases were done 6-9 months after the first ear. We had no facial injuries in our series, but in one of the cases, the chorda tympani was injured accidentally. Three cases developed granulations in the external canal with some degree of meatal stenosis