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Be ENT Smart / Latest Research & Guidelines Treating and Managing Ear Fluid What Is Ear Fluid? Ear fluid, also called otitis media with effusion (OME), is a build-up of mucus or liquid behind the ear drum without symptoms of infection. Is It Possible That the…

Be ENT Smart / Latest Research & Guidelines What Should I Do If My Child Has Frequent Ear Infections but No Persistent Fluid (Effusion) behind the Eardrum in the Middle Ear? When a child has acute otitis media or an ear infection, they have fluid and germs…

Be ENT Smart / Latest Research & Guidelines Speech and Language Development Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) Also called ear fluid, OME can affect your child’s ability to hear normally. This hearing loss could affect speech and language development in some children, especially when the fluid…

Be ENT Smart / Latest Research & Guidelines Understanding Ear Fluid What is Ear Fluid and How Common Is It? Ear fluid, also called otitis media with effusion (OME), is a build-up of mucus or liquid behind the eardrum, without symptoms of an ear infection. Nearly…

provider if you have symptoms of hearing loss, ear fullness or ear pain if you are not certain they are from earwax. Otitis media (fluid behind the ear drum), otitis externa (ear canal infection) and sudden inner ear hearing loss can seem like an earwax…

earaches are commonly due to an infection of the middle ear (acute otitis media), and can affect one or both ears. Otitis media can be serious because the infection can spread to nearby structures in the head, especially the mastoid located behind the ear. Otitis…

may be necessary. Who Needs Ear Tubes and Why? Ear tubes may be recommended when someone experiences repeated middle ear infection (acute otitis media) or has hearing loss caused by persistent middle ear fluid (otitis media with effusion). These conditions most commonly occur in children…

air, but it can become inflamed and fluid filled (otitis media). An active infection in this area with fluid is called acute otitis media and is often painful and can cause fever. Serous otitis media is fluid in middle ear without active infection. Both conditions…

each ear separately can accurately tell how your child hears. SourceRosenfeld RM, Shin JJ, Schwartz SR, et al. Clinical practice guideline (update): otitis media with effusion. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016;154(1 Suppl):215-225. Related Conditions Ear Tubes Pediatric Hearing Loss The information…

Conditions & Treatments A - Z / Throat / Kids ENT Health Tonsils and Adenoids What Causes Difficulties in Tonsils and Adenoids? What Are the Treatment Options? What Questions Should I Ask My Doctor? Tonsils are the two round lumps in the back of your throat. Adenoids are high…

Conditions & Treatments A - Z ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ A Aging and Swallowing Ankyloglossia (Tongue-tie) Aspiration Asthma Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease B Bell’s Palsy Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Bronchitis Burning Mouth Syndrome C Cholesteatoma Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Conductive Hearing Loss Cricopharyngeal Muscle Dysfunction D…

Ears Hearing and balance are critical to how we conduct our daily lives. ENT specialists treat conditions such as ear infection, hearing loss, dizziness, ringing in the ears (called tinnitus), ear, face, or neck pain, and more. Ears Conditions Spotlight Dr. Yuri Agrawal – Board Certified…