@clamchowderbaby: @molybdenum96 Also, my ears PHYSICALLY bothered me a lot as a child, which contributed to my parents worry. I said my ears “hurt” often, because I had no other word to communicate the feeling. in retrospect, it was just high sensitivity.
i have literally never seen anyone with tubes in their ears
2025-12-21 01:21:25
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kassiajphoto :
I’m a 96 baby and Canadian. And what???? Who had tubes in their ears????
2025-12-21 02:35:26
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Tomarkhos :
tympanostomy tubes. They are given to children with constant ear infections. My daughter had them. She had ear infections so often the scarring could potentially cause hearing loss.
2025-11-12 14:02:36
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Love :
why are blue eyed people like this💔
2025-12-20 11:23:35
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Aaliyah :
Canadian here and never seen tubes in ears.
2025-12-21 04:52:20
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Zhibster :
Is it an American thing??? Never heard of it
2025-12-22 19:24:12
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Em :
98 here, I thought the tubes were for constant ear infections
2025-12-21 04:04:14
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aardra :
hi audiologist here! in australia at least, no one will put the tubes in a child’s ears without objective testing done to make sure there is a medical need for it. yes, a hearing test can show us if there is a discrepancy between how sound is travelling in through the ears and how its being picked up at the level of the organ itself, but without objective testing of if there is fluid behind the eardrum recurently, tubes would not be put in. this surgery is used to aerate the middle portion of the ear which is especially important for children who are still developing language to make sure they can hear, and so that this doesn’t progress into anything worse both medically and developmentally for language. we can also recognise that asd and apd affect how children respond to sound and speech, but two things can be true at once so it doesn’t negate the fact that if you needed ventilation tubes you would get them
2025-12-21 01:49:00
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Christian :
Audiologist here, there is so much here to unpack. Short answer, no, ear tubes do not cause or correlate to being a factor in autism
2025-12-08 19:51:49
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Isa Duecker :
Is this an USA experience? Because o don’t remember seeing anyone with tubes :0
2025-12-19 17:40:09
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hayls :
you not blinking is really stressing me out
2025-12-21 05:14:12
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ajocyy :
Why aren’t you blinking
2025-12-21 07:16:52
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Kristina Hope Ennis 🇨🇦 :
It’s not just for hearing. It treats chronic ear infections ..
2025-12-22 11:02:23
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:D :
no?
is this an American thing?
2026-01-11 04:44:40
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Plumrat :
What you’re describing is auditory processing disorder, often comorbid with autism and/or adhd. The frequency of it and ear tubes in these populations may seem larger in comparison to other populations, but there is a bit of a statistical bias with that as well as with the frequency of ear tubes because hearing tests are part of differential diagnosis for conditions like ADHD and ASD
2025-11-27 14:41:16
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ophelia :
Please blink
2025-12-21 07:44:22
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Maria🩻🤍 :
Yeah I’m 2010 and I remember too! I never had them though I do have autism
2026-02-05 20:39:42
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sidedblind7 :
BLINK DAMMIT
2025-12-18 19:48:04
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Bee 🐝 :
it was for chronic ear infections not for hearing. My brother had the tubes because he had chronic ear infections and had hearing damage from them.
2025-12-21 17:04:25
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Court | Mama & Educator :
In Australia in order to qualify for funding for supports for ASD they also have to go through hearing, sight and speech assessment to rule those things out. So in Australia it’s more likely to be picked up on hearing problems in children with ASD because they are actually getting tested.
2025-12-21 08:30:58
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CoatFullOfFerrets :
My brother had tubes and is also autistic. we both have auditory processing issues, but I'm a girl, so I never got tested for neurodivergence, just in trouble for "selective hearing".
2025-11-12 18:31:34
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meg |-/ :
ohhhhh grommets! i was like NOPE, never heard of ear tubes
2025-12-21 08:32:41
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TD 🇨🇦 :
I’ve never heard of tubes being used for hearing but for chronic ear infections.
2025-12-21 01:09:39
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Alison :
I had tubes as a kid because of chronic ear infections and I still have so many issues with my ears to this day 😂
2025-11-13 14:48:17
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