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» http://video.about.com/pediatrics/Ear-Tubes.htm About.com: Ear Tubes and Tympanostomy - Provides a short video showing how the ear works and how fluid build up in the middle ear may necesitate a tympanostomy to drain it and the insertion of an ear tube.

» http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/ears.cfm American Academy of Otolaryngology: Ears - Provides fact sheets on a large number of conditions that can affect the ear, their symptoms and treatment.

» http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/14039.html Cedars Sinai: Microtia - Provides information on this rare ear disorder, a deformity acquired while a baby is developing in the womb.

» http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk/factsheets/ear-health.pdf Deafness Research UK: Ear Health - Factsheet written for anybody who wants to keep their ears healthy and protect them from harm. [PDF]

» http://www.dbi.udel.edu/MichaelTeixidoMD/SCDS.html Delaware Biotechnology Institute: Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (SCDS) - Several animations showing the path of sound transit in this condition.

» http://www.entassociates.com/perforation.htm Ear, Nose and Throat Associates: Perforated Eardrum - Leaflet including causes, effects on hearing, and treatment.

» http://www.emedicinehealth.com/ear_pain_scuba_diving/article_em.htm eMedicine Health - Ear Pain, Scuba Diving - Presents the risks and treatments for scuba induced ear problems.

» http://www.emedicinehealth.com/foreign_body_ear/article_em.htm eMedicine Health - Foreign Body, Ear - Consumer health resource center providing the symptoms and treatment of this common problem.

» http://www.emedicinehealth.com/perforated_eardrum/article_em.htm eMedicine Health - Perforated Eardrum - Lists the causes, symptoms, and treatment for this condition.

» http://www.medical.hear-it.org Medical Hear-it - Information about hearing impairment, various conditions, and the use of hearing aids. Aimed at family doctors.

» http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0305.htm National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics: Foreign Body in Ear - Discussion of methods of removal.

» http://www.earsite.com/tumors/Neurotology Research Centre: Tumors - Provides information on benign and malignant tumors of the ear including acoustic neuromas, cholesteatoma, paraganglioma and carcinomas.

» http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/acoustic_neuroma.asp NIDCD: Vestibular Schwannoma (Acoustic Neuroma) and Neurofibromatosis - Provides information on this benign tumor that develops on the balance and hearing nerves supplying the inner ear, its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

» http://www.drtbalu.com/ana_canal.html Otolaryngology on Line: Anatomy of External Auditory Canal - Dr T Balasubramanian describes the embryological development of the ear canal, its anatomy and histology.

» http://www.drtbalu.com/otology.html Otolaryngology on Line: Otology - Dr. T. Balasubramanian provides an educational site for medical students covering many of the conditions affecting the ear.

» http://www.drtbalu.com/phy_extear.html Otolaryngology on Line: Physiology of External Auditory Canal - Article by Dr T Balasubramanian explaining the auditory and non-auditory functions of the ear canal, its secretions, the cerumen produced, its self-cleaning function and epithelial migration.

» http://scdssupport.org/SCDSsupport.org - Forum and support group for people suffering from the rare ear condition Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome. Includes links to related resources.

» http://www.bcm.edu/oto/grand/11_06_03.htm Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome - Lecture given by J. Walter Kutz, M.D. which covers the etiology and epidemiology of this condition.

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