Description

Ear tube installation (ventilation tube application)

One of the most common operations performed after adenoid
and tonsil surgeries in childhood is the insertion of a tube into the
ear. The common ear is a gas-filled space. After middle ear
infections or when the ventilation of the middle ear is impaired due to upper
respiratory tract infections, this cavity fills with fluid. Sound waves
are best transmitted through the air. Sound waves are not well transmitted
in liquid or solid media. Therefore, when there is fluid in the middle
ear, children start to hear less. He watches the TV loudly and has
difficulty hearing his parents. He cannot hear his teacher well at school.

If not intervened in time, irreversible hearing loss can
be encountered. When the fluid in the middle ear is first encountered, some ear
tests are performed and medical treatment is given for about 15 days. 80%
of the cases recover after 1 month, 90% of the cases are healed after 3
months. But this is not always expected. Your doctor should decide on
the timing here. Because physical examination is very important. The
consistency of the liquid, whether the membrane has begun to collapse, and the
current season are taken into account. It is usually combined with adenoid
and / or tonsil surgeries in children. Thanks to the hole in the middle of
these tubes attached to the eardrum, the middle ear starts to take air from the
outside and the middle ear pressure is balanced. The ventilation tubes
that we want to stay for a minimum of 5-6 months are removed by your doctor in
the examination chair painlessly after they fall from the eardrum to the outer
ear canal. Care should be taken not to leak water into the ears while the
ear tube is attached.