Oct 29, 2026
Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. A man accidentally swallowed a wireless earbud while sleeping at night in a frightening incident that led to its eventual removal through a colonoscopy. After turning on the alert sound to locate his missing earbud, the man heard beeping coming from his abdomen and went to the hospital. The case was reported by doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Raebareli and the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chandigarh, India. According to the report, the 33-year-old man fell asleep while listening to music and woke up with the sensation that something was stuck in his throat. The discomfort disappeared after he swallowed several times, although he vaguely remembered swallowing something. When he got up in the morning, he noticed that one of his earbuds was missing. He immediately activated the Find My Earbuds feature on his smartphone. To his surprise, he heard a beeping sound coming from inside his abdomen. He rushed to the emergency department. The man arrived at the emergency department about six hours after he was believ