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Accidents - Hearing aids - 50+ years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,335
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Ear:1,320Lower Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/24/2006Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR-HEARING AID BROKE IN EAR-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hearing aids
PT HAS A HEARING AIDE IN LEFT EAR AND THAT EAR GOT INFECTED OTITIS EXTE RNA FROM HEARING AIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2006Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT GOT A PC OF HEARING AIDE STUCK IN EAR , DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2006Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
TRIED ON A FRIEND'S HEARING AIDE AND GOT IT STUCK IN LEFT EAR. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2006Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT STATES HAS TIP OF HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hearing aids
EAR PAIN FROM HEARING AID OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT HAD PART OF HIS HEARING AID LEFT IN HIS EAR. DX: REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2006Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
63 YOF GOT PIECE OF HEARING AID STUCK IN LEFT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2006Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
RUBBER PIECE OF HEARING AIDE IS STUCK IN EAR DX: L EAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2006Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT HAS HEARING AIDE MOLD STUCK IN RIGHT EAR, VA HOSPITAL WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE WITH CAUSING PAIN, DX; FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2006Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PIECE OF HEARING AID FELL INTO EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2006Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT AT HOME POSS PART OF HEARING AID IN L EAR DX FB L EAR HEARING AID PARTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT HAS PART OF HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR. DX: FB IN EAR
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/20/2006Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN A HEARING AID GOT CAUGHT IN HIS EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
REMOVING HEARING AID WHEN PIECE BROKE AND FELL INTO EAR; FOREIGN BODY F ROM EAR REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2006Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
EMBEDDED PLASTIC TIPS IN BOTH EARS - PLASTIC TIPS CAME OFF HEARING AIDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2006Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PT HAD PIECE OF HEARING AID FALL INTO RT EAR, UNABLE TO REMOVE IT, FB R T EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2006Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hearing aids
L HIP PAIN, FELL FROM STANDING TAKING HEARING AIDS OUT DX: L HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/04/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
86 YOF WAX GUARD FROM HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hearing aids
PLUG FROM HEARING AID IN EAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL (DIFFICULT REMOVAL) RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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