r/AskAudiology

I don't have health insurance yet and it's really bothering me seeing this on my home otoscope I just got. I have been looking at pictures of what the internet AI says this could be from the description of these masses, but none of them match up at all.

I had bilateral tubes in my ears as a kid. I have vertigo among other symptoms and I wonder if it could be related.

I posted like a week ago and have gotten like 100 views but no replies so I'm trying again now that I have a little "karma".

Thank you

I have keratosis obturans. Recently got super blocked in one ear and used some eardrops to clear everything out, worked great and hearing almost back to normal - however my right ear currently looks like this. Is this normal?

Not even sure if thats my eardrum as I dont dare to go further in. Only used the tool to get rid of the dissolved stuff.

Thank you in advance

Could anyone tell me if this is normal? It is right next to my ear drum. Im not sure if it's a hair or a foreign object.

I woke up this morning (Sunday may 10th 2026) completely deaf in my right ear. I went out and bought an ear cleaning camera. Does this look healthy of does the bottom look like a bursted ear drum.. TIA

My 6 yo has been diagnosed with hearing loss. This truly seems to be new onset for us as they have had perfect hearing their whole lives until the past year, passing every hearing test. Now they are in hearing aids and genetic testing was inconclusive, but did find a mutation in the col11a2 location. But it was a mutation of unknown significance.

Also in this short time, my kid has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, vitiligo. We are trying to make sense of everything and have seen so many doctors who aren't really telling us much, I guess because they don't want to speculate. We are very worried about the progression of hearing loss. Looking for any input and suggestions, if there's anything further we can look into or any treatment. Does this hearing loss look more autoimmune related or genetic? We have heard both.

Am in my ears with the camera every few weeks and don’t remember seeing it until yesterday. It’s somewhat firm and doesn’t hurt but grew quickly