Researchers at the University of Washington have created a new smartphone app that can detect fluid behind the eardrum by simply using a piece of paper and a smartphone's microphone and speaker.

Among the children getting their ear tubes placed, surgery revealed that 24 ears had fluid behind the eardrum, while 24 ears did not. For children scheduled for other surgeries, two ears had ...

Goo Day Doc, Im 25 weeks pregnant and im having a problem with my ears... went to see the ENT and he advised that i have fluid behind my ears, he prescribed Deselex and advised that i must take them ...

Fluid behind the eardrum is a symptom of ear infection, but "not all fluid is an infection," says Pamela Mudd, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Children's National Health System in Washington ...

Fluid behind the eardrum is a symptom of ear infection, but "not all fluid is an infection," says Pamela Mudd, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Children's National Health System in Washington ...

But ear specialists tend to use pricier, more complex tests that measure if the eardrum is pliable enough to vibrate correctly in response to sound, or is stiff from the pressure of fluid behind it.

AI models told ear infections from fluid behind the ear with better than 93% accuracy in a recent study. Previous studies have found that the accuracy of human doctors ranges between 30% and 84%.

I believe that he diagnosed “serous” (fluid behind the drum) not “serious” otitis (ear infection). Of course, the situation was, to you, annoying but completely treatable.

“Ear tubes can prevent negative pressure and thus risk of infection in the middle ear, and often result in restored hearing after the removal of chronic retained fluid behind the eardrum ...

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