When it occurs I use oral pred hoping to decrease inflammation. My memory is vivid as owners were threatening legal action etc. Was surprised to get an abusive phone call a few days later saying the ears were fine but the dog couldn't hear. Of course, some will cloud the issue by saying the dog already had a history of ear disease. Erythromycin, salicylic acid, alcohol and all aminoglycosides are ototoxic as well.
Hearing can return after some months in some, but others remain permanently deaf.
She recommends flushing with sterile saline is safest agent - and would avoid chlorhexidine or iodine in any dilution. We all read Ron's monthly column in Vet Forum and have heard him speak virtually at every major and minor meeting on Veterinary Business. The following is on a Pseudomonas infected wound being handled by a veterinary dermatologist who will be using TrizEDTA as a flushing solution. This solution, perhaps with antibiotics added, can also be used for abscesses especially in cats. I have a 12 year old, male-castrate Australian shepherd with a three month history of festering wounds on the left aspect of the chest and left foreleg.