Outcome and follow-up
After three months from the activation of the BAHD and two fitting sessions, the patient had a PTA of about 40 dB HL at free field audiometry and an open set disyllabic words recognition score of 70% in silence and 35% with background noise whit device on (see Fig 2). Further, after 2 weeks of treatment with the otologic eardrops, the patient reported a drastic reduction of the ear discharge bilaterally. No more pruritus or ear pain has been ever reported by the patient.
Nowadays, the patient continues with the local therapy cyclically for 20 days each month. As at the time of writing this paper, the follow-up duration was 12 months.