Children tend to produce more ear wax than adults, and the amount of ear wax produced varies per child – it can even vary per ear. Ear wax is a substance that protects the ear canal. It is produced by ...

Otitis media, an infection of the middle ear, is common in children and babies. The pain they experience results from the buildup of pus or fluid behind the ear drum. The pressure can become severe ...

Feel the need to clean your child’s ears? Step away from that cotton swab. Despite years of warnings to avoid putting the product into the ear canal, more than 263,000 children in the U.S. had to be ...

The most common injury among young children was a tearing, or rupturing, of the tissue that separates the ear canal from the middle ear. MinnPost’s reporters work hard to bring you news about what’s ...

That time you had to pin down your crankypants kid every day for a week to give them antibiotics for an ear infection? One-time ear drops could some day end that drama. Scientists at Boston Children’s ...

Otitis Media is the infection of the middle ear; it is very common in children between six months and three years of age. Most cases of Otitis Media occur during attacks of colds and usually are ...

THE HSE has issued a list of the eight key symptoms of a "painful" condition mainly found in children. The symptoms of an ear infection will usually come on quite quickly and in some cases you may ...

The advice from doctors is clear: Don’t use cotton swabs to clean your ears. But people continue to use a soft-tipped plastic or paper stick to dig out the wax from their ear canals – and it’s a ...