grommets in ear

My daughter had them in both ears when very young, she was left with slight hearing loss but has not been unduly bothered by her ears since.

My son had them fitted when he was young (now 29), we noticed he didn't hear when people behind him or a distance away spoke. Worked fine and he never had a problem again.

It used to be quite a common procedure for children with a hearing loss due to fluid in the ears. Often related to tonsil/adenoid problems.
They tend to switch off in school because they can't hear and so become retarded in all subjects.
As far as I know it was a successful procedure, not traumatic.

Watch the video until the end as it has an excellent animated diagram.

youtube.com/watch?v=oi6DdairDIo

This has good reviews and mentions that adults have used it with success

www.amazon.co.uk/Otovent-Glue-Ear-Treatment-Pack/dp/B00308F9O6/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?keywords=otovent&tag=gransnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1527694951&sr=8-1

I have had it done, and it wasn't any worse than a small tooth filling. Lovely woman surgeon. But - it didn't work. Apparently it usually does!

I must look up about this massage idea, as I still haven't got the hearing aid, and am not keen on it!

When my daughter was small she had fluid in her ears and grommets were advised.

I was very fearful of her going under a general anaesthetic and our GP at the time was a lovely Spanish doctor and he told me that in all honesty he would not let his son who was a similar age to my daughter have grommets fitted and to research a massage technique.

I cannot for the life of me remember where I found the information as it was so long ago but I massaged behind her ears and the fluid was drained and I did this a number of times and she never had to have the grommets fitted.