The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new method of inserting ear tubes into children, a potential game changer for the more than half million children who receive tubes in their ears ...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh study suggests that no intervention is necessary for most children with fluid in their ears. Early insertion of ear tubes in otherwise ...

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When kids get inner ear infections, doctors often put drainage tubes in their ears right away. The idea is to prevent hearing loss, which could lead to developmental problems. But, reports The Early ...

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 ...

The technical name for an ear-tube surgery is a myringotomy. A bilateral myringotomy includes surgery in both ears. The average age of children undergoing ear ventilation tube insertion is 1 to 3 ...

Early insertion of ear tubes in otherwise healthy infants and young children with persistent fluid in the middle ear does not improve developmental outcomes up to nine to 11 years of age, according to ...

Placing ear tubes in children is an excessively common procedure – more than 600,000 children, most under the age of 5, need this surgery to help combat chronic ear infection. The upside? Fewer ...

A main indication for the insertion of tympanostomy tubes in infants and young children is persistent otitis media with effusion, reflecting concern that this condition may cause lasting impairments ...

A Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh study finds that prompt insertion of tympanostomy tubes (small ear tubes) does not improve developmental outcomes of children at 6 years of age as once thought.