Help with handwriting on a medical report please

[ellvera]

Hi

I'm looking at a trainee pilot's medical report and would like to know if anyone can decipher the word by "right ear"?

Could it be perforation? He did have some problems with his right ear further down the track,but would they have passed him as fit to fly if so?

Thanks
Barbara

[Karen McDonald]

I don't hink it is perforation.

I see xx anterior, with the xx being the same as the entries lower down. Could be se/sl or fe/fl..? If we knew what that meant, it would help.

Let's see what the experts say. 

[Bookbox]

I see xx anterior, with the xx being the same as the entries lower down. Could be se/sl or fe/fl..? If we knew what that meant, it would help.

I also thought it might be anterior. Wondering if it's Sl, for 'Slight', though I can't suggest an overall interpretation.

[ellvera]

Thankyou

 I realised after I posted that a perforation would be the inner ear,wouldn't it?

Barbara

[Viktoria]

It pertains to his external ear, to me there is a slight chance it says
Sl( slight ) inversion ?
Our ears are shaped to receive sound and direct it to the tympanic membrane
( ear drum to you and me) so if the external” shell “ of the ear was not quite normal perhaps hearing in  that  ear might be impaired very slightly.
Viktoria

[ellvera]

Thankyou, Viktoria - that makes perfect sense.

 He did have difficulty hearing radio signals at one point in  his training.

Not enough of a problem to pass his medical test, obviously.

Barbara 

[sparrett]

I think it is more like a reference to seborrheic dermatitis.

I see seb and a double r in there.

It is about the external ear.

Sue

[ellvera]

Thankyou, Sue

I can see the "is" at the end of the word, now you mention it.He can't have had any internal ear problems when he enlisted then.

Barbara