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An ear infection (sometimes called acute otitis media) is an infection of the middle ear, the air-filled space behind the eardrum that contains the tiny vibrating bones of the ear. Children are more likely than adults to get ear infections. People prone to have multiple ear infections can cause hearing problems and other serious complications.

Ear discharge, also known as otorrhea, is any fluid that comes from the ear. The job of earwax is to make sure that dust, bacteria, and other foreign bodies don't get into your ear. However, other conditions, such as a ruptured eardrum, can cause blood or other fluids to drain from your ear.

Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a brown, orange, red or yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals. Earwax consists of dead skin cells, hair, and the secretions of cerumen by the ceruminous and sebaceous glands of the outer ear canal.

Ear infections are a common cause of earaches or ear pain. Ear infections can occur in the outer, middle, and inner ear. Outer ear infection can be caused by swimming, wearing hearing aids or headphones that damage the skin inside the ear canal, or putting cotton swabs or fingers in the ear canal.

Hearing loss, also known as hearing impairment, is a partial or total inability to hear. A deaf person has little to no hearing. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears.

A hearing aid is a small electronic device that you wear in or behind your ear designed to improve hearing by making sound audible to a person with hearing loss so that a person with hearing loss can listen, communicate, and participate more fully in daily activities. A hearing aid can help people hear more in both quiet and noisy situations.

Hearing ability is important for children to develop speech and language skills as they grow. In the past, hearing loss in children often went undetected until the child was around two years old, when it became obvious that he or she wasn't talking yet. However, we now know that when it comes to treating hearing loss in kids, intervention should happen as early as possible.

Even newborns can be tested and treated for hearing loss.

Research has demonstrated that treating hearing loss before a baby reaches six months of age results in significantly better outcomes than treating later. As a result, newborn hearing screening has become universal in hospitals.

Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present. While often described as a ringing, it may also sound like a clicking, hiss or roaring. Rarely, unclear voices or music are heard. The sound may be soft or loud, low or high pitched, and appear to be coming from one or both ears.

Eustachian tubes are small tubes that run between your middle ears and the upper throat. Blocked eustachian tubes can cause pain, hearing difficulties, and a feeling of fullness in the ears. Such a phenomenon is referred to as eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD). ETD is a relatively common condition.

Sagging earlobes are caused by the earlobe being pulled down by heavy, earrings. Sagging earlobes are quite unsightly and can make you look even older if you have wrinkles.