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Glue Ear

Frustrated that your toddler doesn’t do as he’s told? He may have glue ear, says Dr Bernadette Borgstein. Meet the expert: Dr Bernadette Borgstein is a paediatric consultant at The Portland Hospital ...
Glitches in our evolutionary development mean that 80% of four-year-olds get glue ear, a temporary loss of hearing. Many have costly and unnecessary surgery despite there being excellent non-surgical ...
A patch of tissue from a pig’s guts could treat severe cases of glue ear, a condition that develops when the middle part of the ear fills with a sticky, gluey fluid, often as the result of infection.
Glue ear - often referred to as 'serous otitis media' by the medical profession - is a condition characterised by the build up of fluid behind the eardrum and affects about a third of young children.
A wireless kit, comprising headphones, a microphone, and an app might be a cheap alternative to the usual treatment of the common temporary hearing loss in kids, popularly known as 'glue ear,' finds a ...