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When Your Child Snores
Snoring is sometimes common for kids, but habitual snoring may signal a condition that your pediatrician should address. Like adults ...
Notes of Caution
Earbuds are popular among children and teenagers, but these tiny devices can cause big damage to hearing if used improperly ...
From Jackson, Mississippi, to St. Louis Children's Hospital: One Mom’s Quest for Her Son’s Cochlear Implant
Ian Farley, now age 12, was born with single-sided deafness. A cause for his deafness was never identified; according to ...
Cochlear Implants: A Viable Option for Children With Single-Sided Deafness
Over time cochlear implantation has proven effective in helping restore sound awareness. It is now being offered to infants and ...
Medical Animation: Hearing Test
St. Louis Children's Hospital explains how sound waves travel when they reach the ear and how hearing tests work. Learn ...
Medical Animation: Ear Pressure
The ear can be divided into three sections: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The middle ...
Medical Animation: Ear Tubes
When sound waves reach the ear, they are gathered by the funnel-shaped outer ear and channeled into the middle ear ...
Medical Animation: Cochlear Implants
St. Louis Children's Hospital explains how hearing can be damaged and how cochlear implants work. ...
Medical Animation: Tonsillectomy
The tonsils are two glandular masses of lymph node-like tissue that are located on either side of the throat. The ...
