Do you hear a ticking?
This unwelcomed guest found its way into an eardrum
![Tick in ear](https://www.ausdoc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/must-see-tick-tympanic-membrane_nejm-1.jpg)
Okay, so maybe the patient didn’t hear an actual ticking, but he definitely heard a buzzing three days before presenting to a clinic in the US.
The nine-year-old boy, who lived in Connecticut, had been playing outside at school recently and complained of a foreign body sensation in his right ear.