Glue Ear: Guide

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Glue Ear
About Glue Ear
Diagnosis
Implications
Interventions
Evidence
What is Glue Ear
Otoscopy
Hearing Loss
Ways to help
Experiences of Glue Ear
Cause of Glue Ear
Tympanometry
Speech and Language
Medication and other treatments
Latest Developments
Acute Otitis Media
Hearing tests
Behaviour
Grommets
Facts and figures
Epidemiology
Speech tests
Listening skills
Hearing Aids
Additional information
Symptoms of Glue Ear
Listening environment
Hear Glue Ear
References
What it sounds like to have Glue Ear
Otovent
Strength of Evidence
Transferability
Editors' Comments
Areas for further research
Online Community

About Glue Ear

This column explains what Glue Ear is and how it is caused. Glue Ear is common in the first few years of life and the reasons for this will be explained.

An awareness of the symptoms of Glue Ear will help early identification.

Understanding what it sounds like to hear with Glue Ear is important to promote appropriate interventions.

Congestion in the ear is very common in young children and doesn’t always cause a hearing loss.  Glue Ear is the term used when the congestion is persistent and is causing a hearing loss.

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