External auditory exostoses, more commonly known as Surfer’s Ear, is no fun. It occurs when the ear is perpetually exposed to cold air and cold water, like when surfing…hence the name. Because of that ...

If your child has frequent ear infections, your child's doctor may recommend ear tube surgery. It's the most common childhood surgery performed with anesthesia. More than half a million children in ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A life-changing surgery will give a young boy with a rare ear condition the gift of hearing just in time for the holidays. He may be only 9 years old, but Masyn Ortiz is braver ...

MUKILTEO — Ears are a big deal, especially if you aren’t born with them. What’s up with that? Dr. Prabhat Bhama, a surgeon, and his wife, Trish, a nurse practitioner, are in Guatemala this week on a ...

Being born without a fully-formed ear impacts not only hearing, but it can diminish a child's self esteem. But, thanks to a pioneering new procedure and a mom with a big heart, kids born without an ...

A young boy's wish to just get through a day without strange stares and ridicule is about to come true. In a small town in South Africa, Victor Nwadike was born without a fully-formed ear and little ...

The ear reconstruction is part of a clinical trial for patients with microtia, a rare congenital deformity where one or both outer ears are absent or underdeveloped In a "groundbreaking" surgery, ...

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Tympanoplasty, or eardrum repair, is a surgery typically performed on children to repair a defect in the part of the ear called the tympanic membrane. The surgeon places a graft inside the eardrum to ...