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Born With Unilateral Microtia Affecting Ear. Can I Go Scuba Diving?

Hello there doctor, I m Joe from Melbourne Aust. I was born with Unilateral Microtia, affecting my left ear unfortunately I m not too sure if I m consider level I or II microtia..... I have a problem and which is, soon by Nov I ll be going to Cairns for scuba diving with my gf, so my question is..... May I know if I m physically alright to do scuba diving? Are there any risk for me to do scuba diving, in the sense of; will my good side of the ear be affected? Thank you so much doctor
posted on Sat, 29 Sep 2012
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Hello,
As long as your ears drums are alright there should not be any problem.
You can get your ear drum examined .
You can also take care that you use ear plugs so that the water does not enter in the canal.
With microtia there is deafness associated , if its not there then all well.
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Born With Unilateral Microtia Affecting Ear. Can I Go Scuba Diving?

Hello, As long as your ears drums are alright there should not be any problem. You can get your ear drum examined . You can also take care that you use ear plugs so that the water does not enter in the canal. With microtia there is deafness associated , if its not there then all well.