 Pieces of Paper

 Sponge
 Grain seeds ( Rice, Wheat)
 Slate Pencil
 Chalk Piece
 Metallic ball bearings
 Forceps removal
 Syringing
 Suction
 Microscopic removal with special
instruments
 Post aural approach
 Flying / Crawling Insects – Mosquito,
Cockroach or ant.
 Maggots

TREATMENT

 Instilling spirit, Chloroform water to kill

the insect
 Remove using forceps
 Antibiotics
 Injury to tympanic membrane, Ossicles,
Labryinth
 Otitis Externa
 Otitis Media
 Lodgement of foreign body into middle
ear
 Causes :

 Variation in chemical composition

 Excessive secretion
 Defective shape of external auditory
canal
 Retention by stiff hair in ear canal
 Dusty occupations
 Self cleaning of ear
 Pain
 Deafness – Conductive
 Itching
 Tinnitus
 Otorrhea
 Giddiness
 Reflex cough
 Wax granuloma formation
 Brownish black / Yellowish mass on
auditory canal
 Wax softening agents
Sod.Bicarbonate
2% Paradichlorobenzene
Hydrogen Peroxide
Oil
 Instrumentation
 Syringing
 Analgesics
 Antibiotics
 Giddiness
 Trauma
 Infection