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Is it permanent if you puncture your ear and lose your hearing?

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Dr. Adam King answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

No, not always.: It sounds like your eardrum ruptured. It should grow back, kinda like a fingernail. However, please make sure you are under the care of a good Otolaryngologist (ENT) to make sure things are going as expected.

Dr Munshower and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/23/2014

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