Ear Infections

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Otitis Media (Ear Infection) (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

• Overviews
• Acute Otitis Media (Ear Infection) (Nemours Foundation)
• JAMA Patient Page: Acute Otitis Media (American Medical Association)
• Otitis Media (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Question and Answers on Acute Otitis Media (American Academy of Pediatrics)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Atlas of the Body: The Ear (American Medical Association)
• How the Ear Works (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Ear Problems (American Academy of Family Physicians)

• Treatment
• Middle Ear Infections and Ear Tube Surgery (Nemours Foundation)
• New Guidelines Outline Appropriate Treatment of Ear Infections (American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics)

• Health Check Tools
• Ear Infection Quiz (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Otitis Media (National Institutes of Health)

• Alternative Therapy
• Chiropractic Approach to the Ear (American Chiropractic Association)

• Specific Conditions
• "Swimmer's Ear" (Otitis Externa) (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases)
• Fluid in the Middle Ear (Otitis Media with Effusion) (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases) - Links to PDF File
• Swimmer's Ear (Otitis Externa) (Nemours Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• Cholesteatoma (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Perforated Eardrum (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)

• Research
• Early Childhood Ear Infections Linked to Asthma (American College of Chest Physicians)
• Many Parents Willing to Wait on Antibiotic Prescriptions for Ear Infections (Nemours Foundation)
• New Guidelines Say 'Watchful Waiting' Is Best Approach to Fluid in the Middle Ear (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Vaccine for Middle Ear Infections Imitation Is the Highest Form of Flattery, Safer Too (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• NIDCD Glossary (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

• Directories
• Find an Otolaryngologist (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)

• Organizations
• American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery (American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

• Children
• Causes of Hearing Loss in Children (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Ear Infections: Facts for Parents about Otitis Media (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Middle Ear Infection (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Swimmer's Ear (Nemours Foundation)
• Taking Care of Your Ears (Nemours Foundation)
• What Is an Ear Infection? (Nemours Foundation)

• Teenagers
• External Otitis (Swimmer's Ear) (Nemours Foundation)

• Information from the Medical Encyclopedia
• Ear Infections