The most common type of ear infection is a middle ear infection, which occurs when fluid builds up behind the eardrum. A healthcare provider typically prescribes antibiotics, pain relievers ...

Earwax is your friend. A gooey and somewhat gross friend. Next and last stop, the middle ear. We are now looking at an actual eardrum. The eardrum's a thin piece of skin, and other tissues ...

Iram Ahmad: Inside your middle ear is the nerve that moves the muscles of your face. Narrator: Aka the facial nerve. And if it becomes inflamed or injured, say, from a nasty ear infection ...

In order to reduce these reflections and maximize the transfer of sound energy from the air filled environment to the fluid filled inner ear, land animals evolved external ears as sound collectors and ...

The main treatment for cancer that starts in the ear canal, middle and inner ear or the bone is surgery and radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is often given after surgery. Some people may have it instead of ...

There is air inside the small cavities. They also contain the inner ear and the nerves that control the movement of the face and tongue. People with a history of repeated ear infections over a long ...

Use of the chinchilla as a model of middle ear infection in auditory research necessitates accessing the middle ear to collect samples or inoculate bacteria. This column describes a simple ...

It’s winter and one thing that’s almost as certain as cold weather is that small children will develop ear infections. Otis ...