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

ABSTRACT

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