A 6-year-old boy presents with acute right ear pain, fever (38.5°C), and otoscopy shows a bulging tympanic membrane with purulent discharge visible at the external auditory canal. Which finding best distinguishes the perforation stage from the pre-perforation stage of acute suppurative otitis media?

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