For kids with multiple, recurrent middle ear infections, ear tubes can bring relief. A surgeon places these tiny tubes in your child's eardrum to help fluid drain from the middle ear. Alert your ...

Ear tubes are commonly used in children who are more likely than that adults to get middle ear infections (otitis media). Children are at greater risk because the horizontal position of the ...

Middle ear infections usually affect kids under 7, especially after colds, Zoizner-Agar said. Fluid gathers in their middle ears due to underdeveloped eustachian tubes, which connect the middle ...