I am sure this must have been covered in some of the workshops for
audiologists, but some people I have talked to seem to think that a
problem arises when the patient's ear bleeds as a normal result of
cleaning out the wax. If the audiologist is cleaning the ear, is he/she
afraid of being sued? If a doctor is doing it, the doctor has a built in
credibility that the audiologist may not have.
Since it is so important to have a clean ear to fit a CIC aid, what are
audiologists doing about this problem? If they don't work for an ENT, do
they have a back-up person to send the patient to if the patient gets
worried?
Since the CIC is predicted to be more and more important, the cerumen
problem has to addressed. (I know it is also important for other types
of aids too, but the CIC seems to present a special problem.)
Sallie Frye sfrye at lobe.frye.com
