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Aural Fullness, Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus

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A 5-year-old boy is brought to the doctor by his mother because she is concerned that he may be experiencing hearing loss. Over the past several weeks, he has been turning the volume of his favorite television program louder and has been sitting closer to the television. He has reached all his developmental milestones and is up to date with his immunizations. When asked, the child states that he feels that his ears are always “plugged up.” His medical history includes recurrent episodes of acute otitis media. On exam, he is afebrile. His nasopharynx is clear and he has no cervical lymphadenopathy. On otoscopic examination, his left tympanic membrane is immobile with an air-fluid level behind it and partial opacification dependently. It does not appear to be erythematous. A vibrating tuning fork placed on the middle of his forehead is appreciated as louder on the left side when compared to the right. The same tuning fork, when placed on the left mastoid bone, is appreciated as louder on the left, while softer when it is placed near the left external auditory meatus.

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  1. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Ave., CHS 62-132, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-3075, USA

    Andrew M. Vahabzadeh-Hagh MD, Edward C. Kuan MD, MBA & Vishad Nabili MD, FACS

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Correspondence to Andrew M. Vahabzadeh-Hagh MD .

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  1. Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA

    Christian de Virgilio

  2. General Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA

    Paul N. Frank

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA

    Areg Grigorian

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Vahabzadeh-Hagh, A.M., Kuan, E.C., Nabili, V. (2015). Aural Fullness, Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus. In: de Virgilio, C., Frank, P., Grigorian, A. (eds) Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1726-6_14

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