A pediatric patient comes in for his weekly speech and language therapy session. He is complaining that he has not been able to hear out of his left ear since he was playing with beads with his...

A pediatric patient comes in for his weekly speech and language therapy session. He is complaining that he has not been able to hear out of his left ear since he was playing with beads with his younger brother on Saturday. What problem might you suspect? How can you evaluate your suspicion?