Use of the chinchilla as a model of middle ear infection in auditory research necessitates accessing the middle ear to collect samples or inoculate bacteria. This column describes a simple ...

Cancers that develop inside the ear, known as the middle and inner ear, are rare. The outer ear is the part of the ear we can see. It protects the rest of the ear and helps us collect sound. There are ...

and the risk of the infection spreading to other parts of the body. "Infections in the middle ear, behind the eardrum, usually occur with colds or seasonal allergies … it usually takes oral ...