Ear Disorders
General ENT & Peds | Middle Ear Infections (Otitis Media)
How severe is the hearing loss with Otitis Media and how does it affect children?
Hearing loss in otitis media varies. Nonetheless, all children with otitis media or otitis media with effusion have some degree of hearing loss. The average hearing loss in children and adults with fluid is equivalent to placing your hands over your ears. Misunderstanding speech may become a problem in adults. In children, a rare potential adverse effect of such hearing loss is delayed speech and language skills. Draining the fluid (as with ear tubes) immediately restores the hearing.
- What are the signs of Otitis Media?
- How do you diagnose Otitis Media?
- Where is the Eustachian Tube and what does it do?
- How severe is the hearing loss with Otitis Media and how does it affect children?
- What are the risk factors that cause ear infections?
- What is the first line of treatment of acute otitis media?
- What is wrong with taking antibiotics all the time?
- What is the role of allergies with ear infections?
- Do children outgrow ear infections?