Q: Are there alternatives to tubes? My child will be 2 in a few weeks and she's never been sick. Now she's been diagnosed with an ear infection. She never pulled on her ears or showed any signs of ...

Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections often happen when a child has a cold, allergy or upper respiratory ...

Not every kid should get ear tubes to relieve excessive fluid buildup in the middle-ear canal, says a first-ever clinical guideline for physicians released last week. An extensive body of research ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Some parents will no longer have to take their child to the hospital to have tubes put in their ears. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new system for the ...

Nearly 500,000 children of all ages receive ear tubes every year to help fight ear infections. In fact, ear tubes are one of the most common surgeries young children undergo. However, just because ear ...

Each year, more than half a million ear tube surgeries are performed on children, making it the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia. Children who receive these surgeries are ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Tympanostomy (ear) tubes have been used for decades to reduce the rate of ear infections in young children. A study from the University of Pittsburgh, however, found that they may ...

Implanting ear tubes _ an operation done on hundreds of thousands of toddlers each year _ does not appear to improve their speech and learning development and may not be worth the risks and the cost, ...

Ear tubes, also known as tympanostomy tubes, are tiny cylindrical devices that are inserted into the eardrum to help drain fluid and prevent infections. While many people may think that ear tubes are ...

Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections often happen when a child has a cold, allergy or upper respiratory ...

Inserting tubes in the ear is a treatment for chronic ear infections. Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria or a virus that infects fluid that has builds up in the middle ear. These infections ...