| About the ear. The ear is made up of
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| | exact cause is still unclear. However
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| three parts - the outer, middle and inner
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| | most researchers believe that it is most
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| ear. Under normal circumstances, sound
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| | likely due to the auditory tube not
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| waves come into the outer ear and touch
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| | functioning properly. The amount of air
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| the eardrum, causing the eardrum to shake
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| | and fluid in the middle ear may change if
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| back and forth. Immediately behind the
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| | the auditory tube is blocked or narrowed.
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| eardrum is the middle ear, which contains
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| | When the auditory tube is blocked, air
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| three tiny bones (in fact they are the
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| | get absorbed by the nearby cells in the
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| smallest bones in the body!) called the
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| | middle ear, a vacuum develop, causing
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| malleus, incus and stapes, collectively
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| | fluid to seep into the middle ear by the
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| known as the ossicles. The vibrations
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| | nearby cells.Is glue ear common? Yes, it
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| transmit from the eardrum to these tiny
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| | affects seven in ten children at some
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| bones in the middle ear. The bones then
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| | stage in their life. Boys are at greater
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| pass the vibration to a structure in the
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| | risks than girls. One episode predicts
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| inner ear called the cochlea. The
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| | another, children who have one episode
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| vibrations cause special cells in the
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| | are likely to have recurrent glue ears.
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| cochlea to move, generating 'signals'
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| | Other risk factors include:- Lives at
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| which are sent down the nerve to the
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| | home where people smoke.- Have a family
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| brain, so we 'hear'. Air normally fills
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| | history of glue ears (siblings who have
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| the space in the middle ear. The middle
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| | glue ears)- Have recurrent cough and
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| ear is connected to the throat by a
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| | cold.- Were bottle fed rather than breast
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| structure called the auditory tube or the
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| | fed.What are the symptoms of glue ear?
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| Eustachian tube. The function of
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| | Dulled hearing. This is by far the
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| Eustachian tube is to normalize or
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| | commonest symptom. Sometime children who
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| equalize air pressure between the middle
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| | are affected may become completely deaf.
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| ear and the atmosphere. This tube is
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| | Hearing loss can range from mild to
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| normally closed, however, from time to
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| | severe. If it persists, it will affect
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| time, it opens to allow air to get in and
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| | the child's normal intellectual
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| fluid to drain out.Tell me more about
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| | development.Pain. This is uncommon, but
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| glue ear. Glue ear is a condition when
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| | mild earache may occur from time to time.
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| the middle ear, which is normally filled
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| | Affected children may pull at their ears
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| with air, becomes filled with fluid. The
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| | if they have pain.Behavioral problems.
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| fluid looks and feels like glue and hence
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| | Children with glue ear tend to have
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| the name of the condition. The correct
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| | behavioral problems and slower speech
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| medical term used to describe glue ear is
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| | development. These are commonly due to
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| 'otitis media with effusion' or OME.
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| | the fact that they cannot hear well.Can
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| Commonly, only one ear is affected,
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| | it be treated? Yes. However, most glue
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| however both ears can become affected as
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| | ears will resolve on their own. If glue
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| well. As the density in the middle ear
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| | ear persists, surgery may be needed to
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| changes from low to high as air is
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| | remove the glue-like fluid from the
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| replaced by fluid, the vibrations made by
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| | middle ear and to place a 'grommet'
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| the sound saves in the eardrum and the
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| | (ventilation tube) in the ear drum. The
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| bones dampen. As a result of that, the
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| | grommet is a tiny device which acts like
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| cochlea receives low volume 'signals'.
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| | an auditory tube. It sits across the
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| Glue ear commonly affects children,
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| | eardrum connecting the outer and middle
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| however, adults can be affected as
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| | ears, hence allowing pressure in the
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| well.What are the causes of glue ear?
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| | middle ear to normalize or equalize with
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| Researchers are still searching for the
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| | the atmosphere.
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| cause and mechanism of glue ear. The
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