Patient: L.K.
Age: 53
L.K. is a developmentally delayed adult who lives in a residential facility. She has a history of middle ear infections and cerumen obstruction. She was seen in February. There was non-occluding cerumen accumulation. Her tympanograms are as shown.
And her audiogram is as shown below. She was referred for medical management with follow up retesting.
Case donation: The following individuals participated in this patient’s care: Jackie Davie, PhD, Teryl Dever, AuD, and former NSU audiology students (now alumni) Darren Kurtzer and Tina Stern.