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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 set. 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. He is currently afebrile. On exam, his nasopharynx is clear, and he has no cervical lymphadenopathy. On otoscopic examination, his left tympanic membrane (TM) 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 in comparison to when it is placed near the left external auditory meatus.

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  1. Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Andrew M. Vahabzadeh-Hagh

  2. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

    Edward C. Kuan

  3. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Vishad Nabili

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Vahabzadeh-Hagh, A.M., Kuan, E.C., Nabili, V. (2020). Aural Fullness, Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus. In: de Virgilio, C., Grigorian, A. (eds) Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05387-1_17

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