About Eric P. Wilkinson, MD Expertise I am a board-certified otolaryngologist with additional subspecialty training in otology, neurotology, and skull base surgery. This is the subspecialty of otolaryngology that involves the ear, hearing, balance organs, the facial nerve, and surgery of the skull base including surgery for acoustic neuroma and other benign and malignant tumors of the base of the skull.
Experience Medical school, residency in otolaryngology, fellowship in otology/neurotology/skull base surgery
Organizations American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
North American Skull Base Society
American Neurotology Society
Publications Laryngoscope
Otology and Neurotology
Education/Credentials MD Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 2001 Otolaryngology Residency, University of Iowa Department of Otolaryngology, Iowa City, IA
Otology/Neurotology Fellowship, House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Expert: Eric P. Wilkinson, MD Date: 1/5/2007 Subject: Nerve deafness
Question I am now 61 and have had hearing problems for most of those years.My Mother told me that I had the old fashion measles when I was very young.I lived with a hot water bottle as I had many ear aches.My question is... would perioxde do damage inside one's ear as my Mother poured it in straight to dissolve earwax?I did get a behind the ear hearing aid but couldn't get used to the real world.I thought the hearing aid would lead to nerve pills.so I laid the aid to rest.I get by from lip reading but I am really lost if I am in the dark.I go to bingo and when G52 is announced,I have to look up at the board to see if G53 was said.Now 2 and 3 shouldn't sound alike,but they do to me.I am thinking of purchasing a digitial in the ear hearing aid soon.
Answer Peroxide will not damage the ear if the eardrum is intact. If there is a hole in the eardrum and peroxide can get into the middle ear, it might cause some local irritation. Chronic use with a perforation might cause some mild scarring, but generally would probably just cause some irritation and discomfort.
Best step at this point is to get your ears examined and have tuning fork and audiometric testing by an ear, nose and throat specialist. Good luck!
