Hole in the Ear Drum Images
![ear drum has a hole in the posterior, superior portion of the drum](https://med.uth.edu/orl/wp-content/uploads/sites/68/2017/10/CH10pic1LBL.jpg)
The ear drum has a hole in the posterior, superior portion of the drum. The hole is starting to heal and wax is covering a portion of the perforation. The perforation may heal given enough time (months). If it doesn’t heal, surgery will be needed to repair the hole.
![Slap injury with a left ear perforation](https://med.uth.edu/orl/wp-content/uploads/sites/68/2017/10/CH10pic2LBL.jpg)
Slap injury with a left ear perforation, which is slowly healing. Ear wax is partly covering the perforation. This hole healed over a period of several months.
![Slap injury with a left ear perforation](https://med.uth.edu/orl/wp-content/uploads/sites/68/2017/10/CH10pic3LBL.jpg)
Slap injury with a left ear perforation, which is slowly healing. Ear wax is partly covering the perforation. This hole healed over a period of several months.
![Adult with a well healed central perforation](https://med.uth.edu/orl/wp-content/uploads/sites/68/2017/10/CH10pic4LBL.jpg)
Adult with a well healed central perforation and some scarring of the ear drum. Dilated blood vessel may indicate the beginnings of an infection. Surgical repair will be needed.
![Adult with a well healed central perforation](https://med.uth.edu/orl/wp-content/uploads/sites/68/2017/10/CH10pic5LBL.jpg)
Adult with a well healed central perforation and some scarring of the ear drum. Dilated blood vessel may indicate the beginnings of an infection. Surgical repair will be needed.
![Right ear with a small perforation](https://med.uth.edu/orl/wp-content/uploads/sites/68/2017/10/CH10pic6LBL.jpg)
Right ear with a small perforation and inflamed ear drum.