If you or your child need ear tubes to relieve chronic ear infections, you're in good company. According to "The New York Times," around 700,000 children a year undergo surgery to have ear tubes inserted. In rare cases, adults need the surgery as well. Having ear tubes doesn't mean your child has to give up sports, though a few precautions will keep her -- and her ears -- healthy and happy.
Ear tubes are small cylinders that are inserted surgically into the eardrum to ventilate the middle ear and to treat ear infections and fluid buildup in the ear. These tubes are not permanent; however, in some cases, a child ma...
According to Richard M. Rosenfeld’s “A Parent’s Guide to Ear Tubes,” ear tube surgery is performed on approximately 600,000 children in the United States per year, which makes it one of the leading surge...
Used to reduce the frequency of ear infection in susceptible children, ear tubes ventilate the middle ear to prevent infection and possible hearing loss. The effects of water on ear tubes has been a matter of debate, although s...
Sinus conditions affect more than 40 million people in the United States each year and Cleveland Clinic says the numbers are on the rise. Earache and temporary hearing loss may occur as a result of recurring sinus infections. W...
Even though ear tubes reduce the risk of ear infection under general circumstances, a child with ear tubes in place faces a greater risk of infection if she goes swimming. Ear tubes allow water to enter the middle ear more easi...
Frequent ear infections or ear trauma in children may be helped with placement of ear tubes, or tubes. This is a simple surgical procedure that most children tolerate well, with good results. If your child has had persistent ea...
Ear tubes insertion, or myringotomy, is the most common surgery performed on children in the United States. Most myringotomies are done between the ages of 1 and 2, and are aimed at reducing chronic ear infections. However, acc...
Pressure equalizing, or PE tubes, are small plastic tubes placed in the ear to improve drainage and prevent recurring ear infections. Children are most often the recipients of ear tubes; The Ear Center of Greensboro, South Caro...
Tympanostomy tubes are tiny vessels that look similar to a spool of thread. The tubes create a temporary hole in the tympanic membrane, or ear drum, to allow ventilation and fluid drainage from the middle ear space. Tubes will ...
Insertion of ear tubes is one of the most common surgical procedures, especially in children. Tubes are usually inserted due to persistent or recurring middle ear infections, and help drain the fluid from the middle ear. That d...
Insertion of ear tubes is one of the most common surgical procedures, especially in children. Tubes are usually inserted due to persistent or recurring middle ear infections and help to drain the fluid from the middle ear. That...
Most ear middle ear infections occur sporadically and clear quickly. However, some children and adults have recurrent middle ear infections. Others develop persistent fluid in the middle ear, which can decrease hearing. When me...
Myringotomy with ear tube surgery is commonly performed for children with recurrent ear infections. The trapped fluid like water or pus in the middle ear is removed by opening the eardrum. A small ear tube (tympanostomy tube) i...
