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 ...

Surgeons from the University of Kentucky in USA, University of Nairobi and Nakuru County conducted an Ossicular chain reconstruction surgery to a patient at Rift valley Provincial General Hospital ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons are helping to pioneer a trend that extends the advantages and benefits of minimally invasive surgery to patients who need middle ear surgery. Head and neck ...

Tympanoplasty, or eardrum repair, is a surgery typically performed on children to repair a defect in the part of the ear called the tympanic membrane. The surgeon places a graft inside the eardrum to ...

Chronic otitis media (chronic ear infection) occurs when fluid behind your eardrum becomes infected and does not go away with antibiotics. Unlike swimmer’s ear that affects the external ear canal, a ...

If that doesn’t work? “The safest way to pop your ears is to perform a maneuver called a modified Valsalva maneuver, which is basically what divers do when they're trying to pop their ears,” says Dr.