Every year, about 500,000 children have ear tubes surgically implanted in their ear drum to help reduce ear infections. But experts estimate as many as one-third of kids who get ear tubes don't ...

About 700,000 children have ear tubes placed each year. The tubes are generally put in between 12 to 18 months of age, and most children are done with them by the time they turn 4-years-old.

The most common reasons for placing ear tubes are recurrent ear infections and fluid that remains behind the ear drum. More than 80 percent of children have at least one episode of ear infections ...

Children with repeated ear infections also don't always need tubes, the guidelines say. "That's different than what's being done in a lot of practices," Rosenfeld, who chaired the guideline ...

Ear tubes can help prevent ear infections in young children Ear infections are no fun for anyone, and kids under age 6 are more likely to get them. Here are some ways you can protect your children.

Hundreds of thousands of children each year in the United States get tiny tubes surgically inserted into their eardrums as a remedy for repeated severe ear infections or a chronic buildup of fluid ...

Yes, ear tubes are made to fall out on their own. Over time, the eardrum heals, pushing the tube into the ear canal. Ear wax moves it to the outer ear. Most tubes remain in children’s ears for ...

Each year, more than 500,000 ear tube surgeries are performed on children, making it the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia, according to the American Academy of ...

New ear tube procedure for children in Colorado can be done in just minutes 03:23. Thousands of kids in Colorado get ear tubes every year. It's one of the most common pediatric procedures, ...

Ear tubes appear safe for children with cochlear implants Date: June 22, 2010 Source: JAMA and Archives Journals Summary: A history of ear tubes to treat infections does not appear to adversely ...

Implanting ear tubes _ an operation done on hundreds of thousands of toddlers each year _ does not appear to improve their speech and learning development and may not be worth the risks and the cost, ...

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 ...