WHAT IS EAR TUBE SURGERY? Ear tubes are tiny tubes made of metal or plastic and they are shaped like a small spool of thread. During ear tube surgery, a small hole is made in the eardrums and the tubes are inserted. The opening to the middle ear (the area behind the eardrum) lets air...
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO In Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), dizziness is generally thought to be due to debris which has collected within a part of the inner ear. This debris can be thought of as, “ear rocks”, although the formal name is, “otoconia”. Ear rocks are small crystals of calcium carbonate derived from a...
