@article{ref1,
title="The hearing-aid battery: a hazard to elderly patients",
journal="Age and ageing",
year="1994",
author="Strachan, D. R. and Kenny, H. and Hope, G. A.",
volume="23",
number="5",
pages="425-426",
abstract="Owing to the severity of its corrosive effects, an alkaline hearing-aid battery in the external auditory meatus is an otological emergency. This report emphasizes the particular risk to confused elderly patients and points out that a delay in diagnosis is common. Aetiology, clinical features and treatment are discussed with reference to three recent cases.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-0729",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}