Dear Reader: Swimmer’s ear is a term that describes inflammation or infection in the external auditory canal. That’s the portion of the ear between the eardrum and the outer ear.

Doctors call this stenosis of the external auditory canal. People can have this condition from birth or acquire it later in life. Among potential causes are surgery, radiotherapy, malformation ...

Dear Reader: Swimmer’s ear is a term that describes inflammation or infection in the external auditory canal. That’s the portion of the ear between the eardrum and the outer ear.

Otoscopy is a clinical procedure employed to visually inspect the structures of the ear, especially the External Auditory Canal (EAC) and Tympanic Membrane (TM). Image Credit: Amplivox UK.

Successful removal of a foreign body from the external auditory canal or the nasal passage depends on the size, shape, texture, and composition of the object, the length of time the object has ...

History’s littered with lost ears: Van Gogh’s, Evander Holyfield’s, that ear Kyle MacLachlan finds in a field in Blue Velvet, etc. Or maybe ears is the ...

Objective In this study, the presence and severity of external auditory canal exostoses (EACE) in a group of white water kayakers related to the duration and intensity of kayaking and the number of ...