Tubes

October 15, 2001

My son never had an ear infection or ear tubes.

When he was little he had many sinus problems like his

two older sibs but has grown out of them. Pam mom to

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--- Spilious <kspilious@...> wrote:

> I want to thank you all for your help and input on

> Myah ear tubes. Next question... Does anyone have a

> child who did not ever have/need ear tubes??? Just

> wondering.

>

> , mom to Myah 9 mo

>

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October 15, 2001

My son never had an ear infection or ear tubes.

When he was little he had many sinus problems like his

two older sibs but has grown out of them. Pam mom to

9

--- Spilious <kspilious@...> wrote:

> I want to thank you all for your help and input on

> Myah ear tubes. Next question... Does anyone have a

> child who did not ever have/need ear tubes??? Just

> wondering.

>

> , mom to Myah 9 mo

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

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February 12, 2003

In a message dated 02/12/2003 8:12:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, cholesteatoma writes:

My son has a severe retraction of the ear drum, and after trying the

ear popping thing for a few months, along with decongestants, our ENT

decided to insert an ear tube today. Just before inserting the tube,

Hello all. Would somebody please update me on tube insertion nowadays? I was kinda surprised to read the above post - I knew it was less complicated now than back in the day but didn't realize it was something they could just decide to do, & bam! do it just like that.

I saw my otologist today, my grafts are all holding up great but he said my ear drum was retracting, asked me if I'd had a cold recently (no), & said he'll watch it & if it continues he'll put a tube in. He wasn't concerned about it retracting too much as he's got cartilage behind it or something. I was a little bummed out - this is a brand new ear drum, just grafted in December! We didn't really talk about the tubes, he just asked if I'd had them before (yes, twice, but approx. 20 years ago) and we kinda got off on the whole faulty eustachian tube thing.

My 2nd tube they put me under for all those years ago but the 1st time I was awake & it was really horrendous. I was 14, we were in an old-fashioned hospital room, my head was in a vise, he had this LONG & painful (went in my ear & it really hurt in my jaw area) needle, & the noise as he worked...this was not a good time. The whole thing was very traumatic, hence the general anesthesia for the next tube at age 16.

I know that was like the Dark Ages, they must have improved upon the procedure, but I'd really appreciate hearing some modern day tube insertion stories. Thank you!

February 12, 2003

Hi ,

I must say that I too , was a bit surprised when our ENT decided to put the tube in during our office visit on Tuesday. We knew this was probably going to happen but our last experience with this was when my son was 2. He is now almost 13. The first time we had it done in the Hospital, with anesthesia. This time however, it was done right in the office. We were not expecting this and my son was a bit nervous but it was a very quick procedure and relatively pain free. The ENT inserted a numbing cream first, then suctioned his ear and inserted the tube. I stood right over his shoulder and watched. My son said the worst part was the noise during the suctioning. We went home right afterwards with a supply of Floxin drops, and hes doing fine. He had some slight discomfort for a couple hours, just a bit achy but other than that, no problems. I was very relieved. I hope this has helped , and keep us informed on how your doing. Good luck....

~*~Renonda~*~

March 17, 2005

Angie,

My little girl never had ear infections as a toddler but a friend of mine

who's son (now six) was recently dx with apraxia was always getting ear

infections as a toddler, preschool age child. He did get tubes put in his

ears and my friend was told that he did have hearing loss before the tubes

were put in.

The dx of apraxia was put off for a few years because of his loss of hearing

, 'they'(school slp's) said his speech was due to his loss of hearing for

those many years and it will take him awhile to 'catch up'. My friend

finally took him to see a developmental ped. who recommended an apraxia

specialist. Same women my daughter has been seeing for almost a year now.

My friends little boy has alot of catching up to do now that he is dx with

apraxia and on the right therapy path.

Liz in NH

-- [ ] Tubes

How may children with apraxia have tubes in their ears? We are talking

to the doctor about it today. Zachs SLP thinks we should check into

it. He is sick about once a month. Could being sick prevent him from

hearing? Not just a ear infection but just being sick. Zach has had

about 6 ear infections & hes almost 2. Thanks

Angie

March 17, 2005

Hi Angie and Liz- My son has had 2 sets of tubes in his ears and we thought

that his main problem was related to hearing for along time. charlotte henry-

mom to josh dx with sid and severe verbal apraxia

March 17, 2005

My daughter (now age 3.2) had tubes placed at age 2 1/2. She has had over 20

ear infections to date. After surgery, the doctor told us that he removed

large amounts of old fluid from my daughter's ears, and that she probably had

poor hearing for quite a long time as a result. Right now, her hearing tests in

the borderline normal range, and her receptive language and processing is

well below average.

Beth

March 18, 2005

Hi, Angie -

Josh had tubes when he was just about 2 - they fell out (as they should, as

the ear canal matures) as he got older and he hears fine. He was hearing fine

when the tubes went in but he suffered from ear infections very, very often and

was sick a lot (oh, how I hated those middle of the nights when he'd have an

infection - don't know how many trips to the ER we made but we started joking

that they should name the new ER wing after him since we seemed to fund it!).

Have you had the hearing checked as a starting off point? The ENT we went to

had an audiologist on staff and he checked Josh's hearing almost every time we

went in - it was OK, no problems, but the potential from the ear infections was

always there. We went with the tubes because the ear canal simply wasn't mature

(it changes angle as a child matures and allows for the fluid to drip down

instead of pooling in the canal and causing the ear infection) - if there were

more ear infections, it could ultimately do severe

damage to the canal and, thus, hearing loss. I'd say ask your doc for a

referral to a good ENT and talk to him/her.

Sherry

non-ya business <blanton@...> wrote:

How may children with apraxia have tubes in their ears? We are talking

to the doctor about it today. Zachs SLP thinks we should check into

it. He is sick about once a month. Could being sick prevent him from

hearing? Not just a ear infection but just being sick. Zach has had

about 6 ear infections & hes almost 2. Thanks

Angie

March 18, 2005

Hi my 2yr8mo old daughter had tubes placed in her ears in Sept. her ENT didn't

really think she had apraxia he thought it was her hearing. He told me to give

it 2 weeks and she would be talking non stop. He said during the surg. that he

got fluid that looked like cheese sauce out of each ear. He said that she

couldn't hear. I differed with him there she could hear everything. She followed

directions perfectly. I was really undecided about the tubes but he told me that

she would start talking so I agreed. Well she STILL isn't talking and he can't

believe it. Now he says that maybe her ST is correct. He didn't think she would

pass a hearing test. She passed with no problems. Now on to the neuro. That is a

very touchy subject for me. We went for the first time 2 weeks ago and he told

me that I am just searching for answers as to what is wrong with my daughter. He

agreed to do an MRI after me starting to cry and saying nobody (Drs.) will

listen to me about what is wrong with my daughter. Anyway that is another story.

Sheri

s Mom

2 Verbal Apraxia and some Sensory Issues

Sherry wrote:

Hi, Angie -

Josh had tubes when he was just about 2 - they fell out (as they should,

as the ear canal matures) as he got older and he hears fine. He was hearing

fine when the tubes went in but he suffered from ear infections very, very often

and was sick a lot (oh, how I hated those middle of the nights when he'd have an