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 ...

Ear tube surgery is one of the most common pediatric procedures in the United States, with more than half a million surgeries performed each year. In fact, by age 3, approximately 1 in 15 children ...

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 ...

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 ...

Children with ear infections so severe that tubes have to be inserted in their ears early in life hear as well as other youngsters by the time they reach their teen years, a study said Monday.

Ear infections are one of the top reasons a child visits the pediatrician. The pain can be excruciating, and when they are recurrent, cause a child to miss school, parents to miss work and also an ...

Putting tubes in the eardrum to help drain a young child’s middle ear infection doesn’t guard against developmental problems later in life, according to a study released Wednesday. Ever year about 280 ...

Thousands of kids in Colorado get ear tubes every year. It's one of the most common pediatric procedures, even though it can get expensive and requires general anesthesia. But, that's now changing at ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Ear tube placement surgery is one of the most common surgeries performed on children. It's a relatively simple procedure, and it's performed to reduce chronic ear infections and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. An ear infection is defined as infected fluid behind the ear drum ...