Ear tube surgery, or tympanostomy surgery, aims to reduce chronic fluid buildup behind the eardrums. This can reduce the frequency of middle ear infections. It may also improve hearing. Ear tube ...

A mastoidectomy is a type of surgery that removes an infection from the bone behind the ear, called the mastoid bone. The mastoid bone looks like a honeycomb, and the spaces are filled with air. Due ...

Ear infections and ear pain are the most common reason that a child goes to see a doctor. The vast majority of all children will have at least one or more ear infections by their third birthday. Ear ...

3DBio Therapeutics, a biotech company in Queens, said it had for the first time used 3-D printing to make a body part with a patient’s own cells. By Roni Caryn Rabin A 20-year-old woman who was born ...

Archaeologists have excavated a 5,300-year-old skull from a Spanish tomb and determined that seven cut marks near the left ear canal are strong evidence of a primitive surgical procedure to treat a ...