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How can you tell if a ruptured ear drum is healing? how can you tell if it healed?
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Need exam: Really the only way to tell is examination as small holes may not affect the hearing. Fortunately well over 90% of perforations heal spontaneously. Keep the ear dry and don't blow nose until sure that it is healed.
Answered 4/8/2013
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