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 ...

Each year, more than 500,000 ear tube surgeries are performed on children, making it the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia, according to the American Academy of ...

Hundreds of thousands of children each year in the United States get tiny tubes surgically inserted into their eardrums as a remedy for repeated severe ear infections or a chronic buildup of fluid in ...

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 ...

Ear tube surgery, or tympanostomy surgery, aims to reduce chronic fluid buildup behind the eardrums. This can reduce the frequency of middle ear infections. It may also improve hearing. Ear tube ...

If your child has frequent ear infections, your child's doctor may recommend ear tube surgery. It's the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia. More than half a million children in ...

Hundreds of thousands of toddlers and preschoolers in the U.S. get ear tubes each year, but a landmark study shows that a large number may not need them for the purpose of avoiding future ...

B O S T O N,  April 19 -- Middle ear infections are the most common medical problem affecting pre-schoolers, and many parents send their children in for an ear operation to treat them. About ...

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Q:I have a plugged-left-ear problem. It usually starts about 4 p.m. and lasts about three to four hours. I cough, clear my throat, yawn, close my nostrils and blow — nothing seems to help. A: It seems ...

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 ...