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

Latest Developments

ADHEAR is a new bone conduction aid developed by MED-EL.

an adhesive adapter (on left), which sticks on the skin behind the ear and a small bone conduction device (right), which attaches to the adhesive adapter.

 

It consists of two parts: an adhesive adapter, which sticks on the skin behind the ear and a small bone conduction device, which attaches to the adhesive adapter.

Boy wearing ADHEAR - left is front view - right from behind showing device fitting unobtrusively

Sound is transferred by vibration to the bone. The bone conducts the vibrations to the inner ear where they are perceived as sound.

These videos describe the system and how it is applied.

An overview (link to overview attached) of the ADHEAR system, provides more information and this brochure (parents brochure attached) is suitable for parents.

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