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Ear Tubes

... Ear Tubes ...experienced at least one painful ear infection by the age of five. Many ear infections resolve on their own...antibiotics. Sometimes recurrent ear infections and/or persistent fluid in the middle ear may become a chronic problem leading to other issues such as hearing loss, poor school performance... In these cases, ...

Swimmer’s Ear (Otitis Externa)

... Ears ... Swimmer’s Ear (Otitis Externa) ... What Causes Swimmer’s Ear? What Are...
Swimmer’s ear (also called acute otitis externa...condition that affects the outer ear and ear canal that is caused by infection...after water gets trapped in your ear, ...

Ear Fluid and Newborn Hearing Screening FAQs

... Latest Research & Guidelines ... Ear Fluid and Newborn Hearing Screening FAQs ...Babies Who Fail Their Newborn Hearing Screen Will Really Have Hearing Loss? ...who fail will have permanent hearing loss; overall, only about two...States are born deaf or hard of hearing. How ...

Understanding Ear Fluid

... Latest Research & Guidelines ... Understanding Ear Fluid ... What is Ear Fluid and How Common Is It?
Ear fluid, also called otitis media...of mucus or liquid behind the eardrum, without symptoms of an ear infection. Nearly all children get ear fluid at least once by school......

Treating and Managing Ear Fluid

... Latest Research & Guidelines ... Treating and Managing Ear Fluid ... What Is Ear Fluid?
Ear fluid, also called otitis media...of mucus or liquid behind the ear drum without symptoms of infection... Is It Possible That the Ear Fluid Will Just Go Away on Its...time, such as after ...

Earaches

... Ears Earaches ... What Causes Earaches? What...
Earache, or pain in the ear, is common and can occur in both...
Earaches can be due to a problem with the ear or structures close to the ear. ...

Ears and Altitude (Barotrauma)

... Ears Ears and Altitude (Barotrauma) ...
Ear problems are one of the most common...eustachian tube in your middle ear is blocked due to altitude or...vacuum occurs. This stretches the eardrum and causes pain and occasionally...symptoms of barotrauma include:Ear pressureEar ...

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Cochlear Implant Health

... Cochlear Implant Health ...
A cochlear implant is a device that can be used to improve hearing in people with a specific form of hearing loss known as sensorineural hearing loss (when sound cannot be...properly transmitted from the inner ear to the hearing portion of the brain). Cochlear implants are typically used for...people ...

Secondhand Smoke and Children

...that secondhand smoke caused nearly 34,000 heart disease deaths each year between 2005 and 2009 among adult...7,300 lung cancer deaths each year among adult nonsmokers in the...infants between one-month and one-year-old.4-5
Exposure to secondhand...half a pack a day or more are at nearly double the risk of hospitalization...smoke increases both the number of ear infections a child will ...