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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 770
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2002 | Age: 51 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 |
| HAS HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR DX: FB LT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 59 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 HAS A HEARING AID IN RIGHT EAR PULLED IT OUT WITH ALOT OF DRAINAGE A ND PAIN OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hearing aids, First aid equipment |
| WEARS HEARING AIDS CLEANED OUT EARS W COTTON SWAB AND NOTED RINGING IN R EAR NO PAIN DX R ERUMINOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 91 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 GOT PART OF HIS HEARING AIDE STUCK IN HIS RIGHT EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hearing aids, Batteries |
| SWALLOWED HEARING AIDE BATTERY UNINTENTIONALLY. DX: INGESTED OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 51 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 |
| PEICE OF HEARING AID IN EARFOREING BODY REMOVAL LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| INTOXICATED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD WHICH BROKE HEARING AID AND LAC EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 88 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, Batteries |
| PT. HAD HEARING AID BATTERY STUCK IN EAR - WAS WORKING WITH HEARINGAID AND BATTERY CAME OUT OF UNIT INTO EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 64 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 |
| PT HAS HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/13/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| PUT IN A PLASTIC PIECE TO HEARING AID FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 64 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 |
| HEARING AID BATTERY IN EAR FOR ONE MONTH F/B REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 62 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 BROKE OFF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hearing aids |
| WHILE WEARING HEARING AIDS DEVELOPED LT. EAR PAIN DX: LT. OTITIS MEDIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 76 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 |
| PIECE OF HEARING AID STUCK IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 78 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 |
| PART OF HEARING AIDE WAS STUCK IN PT'S EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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