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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,754
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| BLEEDING FROM EAR, WEARS HEARING AIDS, HAS EXCORIATION OF EXTERNAL EA R CANAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| EAR FB-PLASTIC PIECE OF HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| DX FB IN EAR: HERE W SM HEAR'G AID PART THAT HAS COME LOOSE & SIT'G IN L EAR CANAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PART OF HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR. FB TO LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT GOT A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM THE BACK OF HIS HEARING AID CAUGHT IN E AR FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PIECE OF HEARING AID IN (L) EAR, STUCK IN CANAL----FB IN (L) EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT HAS HEARING AIDS IN BOTH EARS AND DEVELOPED A BILATERAL EAR INFECTI ON OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| DX OTITIS EXTERNA: C/O EAR PAIN, PRESSURE, & DEC HEAR'G TO R EAR X 3D. WEARS HEAR'G AIDS & HAS NOT BEE ABLE TO FIT IN HIS EAR D/T SWELL'G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| EAR FB-PLASTIC PIECE OF HEARING AID IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT HAS A PIECE OF HIS HEARING AID STUCK IN LEFT EAR FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| 35 YOM HAS PIECE OF RUBBER FROM HEARING AID IN RIGHT EAR F/B EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hearing aids, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FELL GETTING INTO BED HITTING HEAD AGAINST SIDE OF BED CASUING A LACERATION TO EAR WHEN HIT HEARING AID. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| OBJECT IN EAR, FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EAR, HEARING AID DEVICE STUCK IN EAR. DX-LEFT EAR FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT WEARS HEARING AIDS AND A PLASTIC PIECE OF HIS HEARING AID STUCK IN R IGHT EAR UNABLE TO GET IT OUT FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| EAR FB-*** PIECE OF HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT WEARING HEARING AIDS AND DEVELOPED AN EAR INFECTION FROM THE HEARING AID OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| EAR FB-PIECE OF HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT HAD PIECE OF HEARING AID IN EAR-FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PART OF HEARING AID BROKE OFF IN PT'S EAR. DX: FB L EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| HEARING AID BROKE OFF IN PTS EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY, LEFT EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT TOOK OUT HIS HEARING AID AND PART OF IT IS STUCK IN HIS RIGHT EAR DX ; FB RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT RECENTLY GOT A HEARING AID IN LEFT EAR TWO WEEKS AGO NOW THAT EAR IS SWOLLEN AND INFECTED CELLULITIS FROM HEARING AID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT HAS A HEARING AID IN LEFT EAR EAR STARTED TO BLEED ABRASION TO EAR C ANAL FROM HEARING AID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT GOT A PIECE OF RUBBER FROM THE BACK OF HER HEARING AID STUCK IN LEFT EAR FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PIECE OF HEARING AID BROKE OFF IN EAR FOREIGN BODY IN EAR # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| 73YOM WAS HOME WHEN THE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC ON THE END OFHIS EARING AID BROKE OFF INTO RIGHT EAR;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL,EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| AT HOME PT STS GOT HEARING AID MOLD STUCK IN L EAR DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL L EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT THINKS PART OF HEARING AID IN EAR-FB RIGHT EAR-REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| EAR CANAL FB-HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT LOST TIP OF HEARING AID IN RIGHT EAR UNABLE TO GET IT OUT FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT'S HEARING AID IS STUCK IN EAR. DX: FB R EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PATIENT HAS A FOREIGN BODY IN HER RIGHT EAR, HAS A PIECE OF HER HEARING AID IN HER RIGHT EAR. DX-RT EAR FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT HAD A HEARING AID PART LODGED IN AN EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| FB LEFT EAR.PT HAD PART OF HIS HEARING AID BROKE OFF INTO EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| DX: F.B. IN EAR, PIECE OF HEARRING AIDE BROKE IN R EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PT PLACED A HEARING AID IN RIGHT EAR AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO EAR C ANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PIECE OF HEARING AID IS STUCK IN PT'S EAR. DX: FB L EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids, First aid equipment |
| THE FOAM PORTION OF PTS HEARING AID CAME OFF AND REMAINED IN EAR HE TRI ED TO GET IT UT WITH A *** AND PUSHED IT IN FURTHER FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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