The tubes also have a high risk of causing tinnitus in the ear
2026-02-02 05:22:44
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Candy 🍭 🍫 :
My daughter had ear tubes placed when she was 5 because she couldn’t hear normal tones. She talked loudly and we always had to raise our voices so she could hear us.
After the surgery, we left the hospital and got in the car. Out of nowhere my baby said, “Mommy… I can hear the birds.” 😳
I immediately started crying. 🥹 She looked at me and asked, “Mommy, why are you crying?”
I told her, “Because the little things in life we take for granted. Mommy hears birds every day. For you to be 5 years old and just now hearing birds chirping for the first time… that’s a priceless moment.”
I had so many emotions at once. Happy that her hearing was better, but also sad knowing she was 5 years old before she ever heard a real bird chirp outside of the TV.
Mommy was crying happy tears. 🥹
2026-03-06 12:27:41
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Tay :
Potentially leaving permanent holes in the ear drum like it did mine.
2026-02-02 22:01:31
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WendyJB430 :
my son had this problem he wasn't talking at 2 years old found out he needed tubes and we did speech therapy he caught up quickly and started talking within 8 months
2026-02-01 02:44:55
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AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH :
I got one of those camera ear cleaner things and found an ear tube from 9 years ago 🙃
2026-02-03 00:23:55
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Annie Marie ✨ (Cheyenne) :
I’m permanently partly deaf from too many ear infections.
2026-02-03 02:35:11
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Willie🇺🇸 :
These ruined my hearing, will never use them on my child
2026-02-02 21:59:28
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EMoney :
What about when it happens as adults?
2026-02-01 03:57:18
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Michael Sharkey :
yeah, my tubes are working on almost 30 years since they were put in.... I have the conversation about them still being there everytime I encounter a new doctor
2026-02-02 02:58:19
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kyle :
I had them as a kid
2026-02-01 01:16:47
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Jesse :
apparently my doc ripped them out of my ears and now I have permanent deep scars, docs see them today (im 32)
2026-02-02 22:18:34
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travelBandita :
as a flight attendant tubes have been a godsend, im on my 2nd set
and l intend on keeping them as long as Im working.
2026-02-20 01:41:32
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TxSwtHrt806 :
Tubes saved my daughter! She had a bilateral ear infection for close to a year. Once she got her tube, TOTALLY different kid.
2026-02-04 05:29:59
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liechtylou915 :
my sister had these when she was little. she constantly had ear infections and these helped a lot!
2026-01-31 23:02:28
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Jessica Nicole Lowery :
We are on the 10th set of tubes for our daughter
2026-02-01 03:19:07
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Mark :
We call them grommets
2026-02-01 04:10:30
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Chandler Pettit :
This did wonders for my toddler she’s been sleeping better and feeling better
2026-02-02 00:30:30
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April :
I’ve had 3 sets of tubes 😂
2026-02-01 06:05:41
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jarodsmith194 :
I have had 7 sets
2026-01-31 12:03:52
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claytonsmith5619 :
Here’s what they don’t tell you is that these holes don’t always heel it will cause loss of hearing loss cholesteatoma migraines supper hearing that leads to deafness. I have two out of three kids that had these complications.
2026-02-03 01:32:13
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Stranger :
my kid is on her 3rd set
2026-02-01 01:25:34
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trashbannedit :
so how many people are running around out there with ear tubes just hanging out in their canal?
2026-02-05 23:29:29
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Officer Nasty :
What did you say?
2026-02-02 22:46:44
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Trey :
I had a tube put in around 2006, i remember crying because my since teacher is the one who noticed something was wrong because my grades started falling because I couldn’t hear, I didn’t tell anyone I couldn’t hear because I was embarrassed, but once she asked me I started bawling. She called my mom and within two days I got the tube and immediately everything was better, took about a year for it to fall out but everything went well.
2026-02-03 04:44:58
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BurkGuy83 :
I’ve had 6 in my right and 4 in my left growing up.
2026-02-02 19:49:51
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