BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    GN RESOUND

    MDR report key: 10776556 · Received November 3, 2020

    Report

    Report Number
    3005650109-2020-00043
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    November 3, 2020
    Date of Event
    October 5, 2020
    Report Date
    November 3, 2020
    Manufacturer
    GN HEARING A/S
    Product Code
    OSM
    UDI-DI
    05708296194506
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MI, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THIS CASE HAS BEEN DECIDED TO BE REPORTABLE AS THERE HAS BEEN MEDICAL INTERVENTION. THERE NO MALFUNCTION. THIS IS CONSIDERED A SINGLE INCIDENT AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN REGULAR TRENDING. NO ACTIONS HAS BEEN INITIATED BASED ON THIS INDIVIDUAL EVENT. THE CASE HAS BEEN REVIEWED FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE. CUSTOMER REPORTED: END USER WAS FITTED WITH HEARING AIDS WITH HP RECEIVERS AND TULIP DOMES. AFTER A FEW DAYS, A REACTION IN THE RIGHT EAR HAD DEVELOPED. END USER STOPPED WEARING THE HEARING AIDS AND GOT DROPS AND AMOXICILLIN WHICH CLEARED UP THE EAR CANAL. AFTER THAT, HEARING AIDS WERE BEING WORN AGAIN AND BOTH EAR CANALS ARE NOW BOTH RED, SWOLLEN AND HE HAS JAW PAIN. END USER REPORTS THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN ALLERGY TO LATEX OR SILICONE. END USER IS NOT A FIRST-TIME USER. END USER HAS CONSULTED ENT WHO HAS STATED THAT THE REACTION IS PROBABLY CONTACT DERMATITIS DUE TO THE DOMES. CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE EVENT: THE DESCRIPTION HIGHLY INDICATES THAT THE END USER HAS DEVELOPED A REACTION DUE TO THE DOMES AND/OR RECEIVER IN EARS. FURTHER, THIS REACTION HAS REQUIRED MEDICAL INTERVENTION. HOWEVER, AS AN ALLERGIC REACTION TAKES AT LEAST 7 DAYS TO DEVELOP AND TYPICALLY WEEKS TO MONTHS AND THIS REACTION DEVELOPED AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE CASE DETAILS HIGHLY INDICATES THAT THIS IS AN ALREADY PRESENT CONDITION/DEVELOPED ALLERGY (REFERENCE: #(B)(4) GAD EXPERT REV DERM). CLINICAL CONCLUSION ON THE CASE IS THAT THE ALLERGIC REACTION IS MOST LIKELY NOT CAUSED BY THE HEARING AIDS, BUT THAT THE HEARING AIDS HAVE MOST LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REACTION, REQUIRING MEDICAL INTERVENTION. CLINICAL EVALUATION ACCORDING TO CORP PROC GEN EVALUATION (B)(4): ALLERGIC REACTION IS IDENTIFIED IN THE RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATED TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL THROUGH DEVICE DESIGN BY COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR BIOCOMPATIBILITY. STILL ALLERGIC REACTIONS CAN OCCUR IN RARE CASES. THE CLINICAL EVALUATION DOES EVALUATE ALLERGIC REACTIONS AND THE USER GUIDE INCLUDES A SAFETY NOTIFICATION INSTRUCTING THE HEARING AID WEARER TO CONTACT THE HCP IN CASE OF SKIN IRRITATION. THERE ARE NO NEW CLINICAL ASPECTS (E.G. UNFORESEEN USE OR CLINICAL CONDITIONS) DISCOVERED FROM THIS EVENT. THEREFORE, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE CURRENT CLINICAL EVALUATION AND RISK/BENEFIT CONCLUSIONS HEREIN ARE SUFFICIENT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    AS REPORTED BY LOCAL CUSTOMER SERVICE: PATIENT'S EAR CANALS "RED, SWOLLEN" AFTER WEARING ONE HAS. PATIENT HAS WORN RESOUND RIC MFI HAS PREVIOUSLY W/O ANY PROBLEMS. HE LOST HIS HAS BEFORE COMING TO THIS CLINIC, SO (B)(6) HAS NO INFO ABOUT THEM. FIT W/ RT961CS, #3 HP RECEIVERS, SF3 TULIP DOMES. AFTER A FEW DAYS, PATIENT REPORTED THAT R EAR CANAL WAS "RED, SWOLLEN". STOPPED WEARING HAS. WENT TO A CLINIC, GOT DROPS & AMOXICILLIN. R CANAL CLEARED UP. STARTED WEARING HAS AGAIN. LEFT MSG FOR (B)(6) THAT, AFTER 6 DAYS, BOTH EAR CANALS ARE NOW RED, SWOLLEN & HE HAS JAW PAIN. PT REPORTS THAT HE HAS NO ALLERGIES TO LATEX OR SILICON. I WILL F/U W/ CUSTOMER BY EMAIL. COMPLAINT CREATED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1246763 GN RESOUND RT961-DRWC,ONE 9 OSM GN HEARING A/S RT961-DRWC,ONE 9,GN RESOUND 05708296194506

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention