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Nine years is a long time for an 11-year-old boy to be without any hearing in his right ear, however, this is what happened to Jerome Bartens who had to cope with this handicap. He was diagnosed as deaf in his right ear when he was just 2-years-old. Doctors and hearing aid audiologists could offer no help to the Bartens’ and the cause of his deafness was left unresolved until 27 January 2008 when he and some friends were playing in a church hall. Something popped in his ear and when he put his finger in his ear, a 1cm-long waxy cotton bud came out. It is believed this bud has been lodged in his ear for the past nine years. His father, Mr. Bartens, believes Jerome put this cotton bud in his ear when he was a 2-year-old and that the tip fell off the plastic stem. Young Jerome has always struggled at school because he is hard of hearing in his right ear. He also said he has become used to being shouted at and having to turn up the television’s volume so that he could hear better. His father said he has always suspected there is something in Jerome’s ear canal that is hampering his hearing, and is amazed that the many doctors and hearing specialists they asked for help have not found this bud. Mr. Bartens said: "But the doctors and hearing specialists said it was wax and he would probably grow out of it. I am amazed they didn't spot something as obvious as a cotton wool bud." Jerome is overjoyed at his new-found hearing and reckons he will be much happier at school now that he no longer suffers from continual earaches. Jerome said: 'It was very strange at first to be able to hear everything. But now I'm getting used to it – it's great that people don't have to shout to me or that I don't have to turn my head all the time.” While elated that his hearing has returned to ‘normal’, the family is keeping the waxy cotton bud as a souvenir and showed it to the specialists who were checking up on Jerome. The single father has also made complaints against the several doctors who examined Jerome over the years and who thought there was nothing wrong with the young boy.
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