Clinical Case · clinician
An adult claiming total deafness in one ear
History
A 34-year-old reports complete loss of hearing in the right ear following a workplace dispute, with a compensation claim pending. Pure-tone audiometry shows no responses at any frequency in the right ear and normal thresholds on the left. Otoscopy and tympanometry are normal bilaterally. Otoacoustic emissions are robustly present on the right.
Findings
Pure-tone audiogram
○ Right ear✕ Left ear
Acoustic reflex grid
Stim. Right
Stim. Left
Probe Right
Present
Present
Probe Left
Present
Present