Sophal is a 50-year-old farmer with two sisters and one brother. She likes to do housework and work on her farm.
Since she was a child, Sophal has experienced ear discharge in both ears, hearing loss, and otitis media, an inflammatory disease of the middle ear. She also developed a cholesteatoma, an abnormal skin growth, in her left ear. She is in pain and has difficulty communicating with others.
Sophal was referred to our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), from an organization in Phnom Penh that provides ear healthcare services. She traveled for two hours with her husband to seek treatment. On November 23, CSC surgeons performed a mastoidectomy procedure in Sophal’s left ear to remove the cholesteatoma.
After recovery, her ear discharge should stop, and her hearing should improve. Now, she needs help to fund this $842 procedure.
“I hope to have good hearing,” she says. “I want to be able to communicate with people easily.”