Basic Info About Glue Ear

Glue ear is a condition wherein fluid accumulates in the middle ear, just behind the eardrum. It is the most common reason of partial deafness in children. Approximately one out of four children get affected by glue ear at one point of their childhood. It is more common in boys, being the most affected between ages 2 to 5. However, there are still chances it can happen as they grow older, including adulthood.

Unfortunately, glue ear sometimes goes unnoticed. There are a few warnings though, like temporary hearing loss and a stuffy feeling in the ears.

Glue ear is a very common disease. One occurrence predicts another. It has been proven that children who have experienced glue ear once have more risk in having recurrent episodes.

Certain other risk factors that contribute to glue ear are:

- living in a place where people smoke

- often having cough & cold

- having a family history of glue ears; and

- as a baby, the child was bottle fed rather than breast fed

The most common symptom of glue ear is having dulled hearing. Oftentimes, children who are affected may end up completely deaf. Hearing loss can vary from mild to severe. If it persists, it will affect the normal intellectual development of the child.

Pain is a very uncommon symptom, but mild earache may occur from time to time. Affected children may pull at their ears if they experience pain.

Children who have glue ear have a propensity to show slower speech development and even behavioral problems. These are commonly due to the fact that they cannot hear well.

Fortunately, glue ear can be treated. In fact, most of the time it will resolve by themselves. However, if glue ear persists, surgery may be needed to eliminate the glue-like fluid from the middle ear and to place a ventilation tube or “grommet” in the ear drum. It sits across the eardrum, connecting the middle and outer ears, thus allowing pressure in the middle ear to normalize or be equal with the atmosphere.

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