Patient Education

To make your visit as informative and productive as possible, please review the pertinent topics below prior to your visit.

Ears/Hearing

• How The Ear Works
• Why Do Children Have Earaches?
• Explanation of Ear Infections (“Otitis Media”) and Hearing Loss
• Doctor, Please Explain Ear Tubes
• Ear Tube Surgery Instructional Video
• Surgery Informational Video Designed for Children
• Ear Infections and Vaccines
• Children and Second-hand Smoke
• Is My Baby Hearing Normally?
• Ears and Airplane Travel
• Swimmer’s Ear (“Otitis Externa”)
• American Academy of Pediatrics Website on Ear Infections
• Maddern Post-Operative “Ear Tubes” Surgery Instructions
• Maddern Ear Care Instructions
• Maddern Post-Operative Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy
  Surgery Instructions
• Otovent - A New Treatment for Negative Pressure

Tonsils

• Pediatric Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Home Sleep Snoring Assessment
• Tonsillitis
• Tonsillectomy Surgery Instructional Video
• Surgery Informational Video Designed for Children
• American Academy of Pediatrics Website on Sorethroats
• American Academy of Pediatrics Website on Tonsils and Adenoids
• Maddern Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy Post-Operative Surgery Instructions
• Oral Exercises for Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy

Nose/Sinuses

• Allergic Rhinitis (“Hay Fever”)
• Allergies and Sinus Infections
• Children and Second-hand Smoke
• Does your child have a cold, the flu, or allergies?
• Antihistamines, Decongestants, and “Cold Remedies”
• American Academy of Pediatrics Website on Allergies
• American Academy of Pediatrics Website on Nosebleeds
• American Academy of Pediatrics Website on Treatment of Nosebleeds
• Maddern Post-Operative Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Instructions
• Maddern Nasal Care Instructions

Other

• Laryngotracheoplasty
• Tongue Tie ("Ankyloglossia")
• Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
• Pediatric GERD (Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease) and Your Otolaryngologist
• Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Children
• Pediatric Obesity and Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
• American Academy of Pediatrics Website on Obesity