When to Take Your Child to an ENT
A child's health care needs can be challenging and there may times when parents need to seek consultation with a specialist. Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) specialists can play an important role in a child’s care and treat a variety of conditions. Here are guidelines to help parents make decisions about when their child should see an ENT.
Ear Related Blog Posts
Prominent Ears, Small Ears and Skin Tags: When Is Surgery Necessary for an Ear Condition?
Ear differences such as prominent ears, small/underdeveloped ears and skin tags can cause worry and distress. As a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, I often hear questions from parents related to hearing and surgery – here are some of the common ones.
Ear Infections: Why Kids May Not Need 10 Days of Antibiotics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated their recommendations for treating childhood ear infections in 2013. The current guideline states that a full ten days of antibiotics may not be necessary for children over two years of age with non-severe ear infections.
What To Expect From Ear Tube Surgery
Placing tubes in the ears has many benefits. An ear tube drains the fluid and equalizes the pressure in the middle ear. Ear tubes provide access to the infected area of the ear, allowing the use of eardrops to treat the ear infection.
Ear Tube Removal: Is it Necessary?
One of the most common surgical procedures in children is the placement of tubes within the eardrum, also known as tympanostomy tubes. Common reasons for initial tube placement include recurrent, acute ear infections or persistent middle-ear fluid which fails to clear over time.
Hearing Loss
Hearing loss occurs when a person cannot access sounds within the normal hearing range in both ears. The degree or severity of the hearing loss can vary from person to person depending on the cause.
How To Prevent Ear Infections While Swimming
Splashing in the pool is a summer favorite, but for kids with ear issues, it can also mean painful infections. Learn how to prevent swimmer’s ear, when to use earplugs, and what type is best for your child. Keep summer fun and safe for your little ones.
What Are Cochlear Implants and How Do They Help a Child’s Hearing?
What is a cochlear implant? A cochlear implant is a device implanted into the inner ear to directly stimulate the hearing nerve. Cochlear implants may be needed when hearing aids no longer work for a child.
Auditory Processing Disorder: Understanding the ABCs of APD
Auditory Processing Disorder is a disorder of the auditory system which causes a disruption in the way an individual’s brain understands what they are hearing. This means that someone with APD does not have hearing loss, despite showing difficulty with hearing-related tasks.
Hearing Screening at School: What To Expect if Your Child Gets Tested
The majority of children with congenital hearing loss will have the impairment identified at birth by a newborn screening, which has become a standard of care in hospitals nationwide. However, some types of hearing loss may not become evident until later in childhood.
Helping Your Child Adjust To Hearing Aids
Each year, thousands of school-aged children and newborn babies are diagnosed with some degree of hearing loss. For many of these kids, hearing aids will become the gateway to the world of sounds around them.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Before babies are born, they use their hearing to listen to the sounds around them. Listening specifically to speech and language sounds in the first few months of their life is what prepares babies to speak.
Listen Up! How to Keep Ears Clean
While earwax should generally be left alone unless it causes a problem, understanding proper ear cleaning techniques can assist in preventing wax buildup and associated issues.
Turn It Down: Ear Buds and Hearing Loss
Listen up! The exposure and use of mobile devices has increased significantly over the last decade and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. On average, children receive their first phone around 11 years of age, but their exposure to a device can come as early as their first year.
Music to Our Ears: The Importance of Hearing Protection at Concerts and Sporting Events
Some would argue that attending a concert or a professional sporting event is a rite of passage, and it seems to be happening at a younger age. While we are busy making memories and introducing our kids to these fun activities, there is one thing that should be considered and that is the importance of hearing protection.
Nose Related Blog Posts
Noisy Breathing in Kids
Is your child a noisy breather? Find out why – and what to do about it.
Snoring: When To Be Concerned
If your child is snoring, there may be treatments to help address the problem. The most common reasons for snoring in children are enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
How Adenoid Removal May Help Your Child's Chronic Runny Nose
It’s not unusual to see a kid with a stuffy, runny nose or a child with an ear infection. However, these symptoms can also be due to a blockage of the nose due to an enlarged adenoid, which could require additional care.
The Snot Palette: What Do All Those Colors Mean?
When it comes to mucous, consistency, color, volume and duration, should be assessed as well as other symptoms and the overall wellness of the child.
What Kind of Stuff Clears up a Stuffy Nose?
This time of year, clogged noses are usually caused by upper respiratory viral infections. In most cases, that means there isn’t a whole lot you can do to speed up the healing process, but you do have some options when it comes to stuffy symptom relief.
What Is the Right Way To Stop a Nosebleed?
At some point during childhood, almost every kid will have a nosebleed. Here are some tips about caring for nosebleeds – and when it’s time to get your pediatrician involved.
Throat Related Blog Posts
Tongue Tie: Breastfeeding, Speech and a Tethered Tongue
Tongue tie is one of the most commonly diagnosed conditions affecting an infant’s ability to feed and is often implicated as a potential cause for speech delay.
What You Need To Know About Strep Throat
You’ve probably heard of strep throat, but what exactly is this common condition? Read on to find out!
Sore Throat Spectrum: Runny Nose to Strep and Everything in Between
Sore throat can occur on its own, for multiple reasons, or it can be the sign of another illness. So, how do you know if your child should see a doctor?
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Recovery Tips
Here are some things to look out for and steps to take to help your child recover from adenoid and tonsil surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Why Is My Child Still Snoring After Having Their Tonsils and Adenoids Removed?
Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition affecting 3-4% of children, is commonly found in those who snore and have physical airway collapse within the back of the nose and throat. It is associated with restless sleep and frequent awakenings at night and can present as tiredness during the day and attention and focus problems at school.
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