The ear popper.('EarPopper')(Brief article)

A non-medical treatment is now available for children with persistent middle ear effusion (MEE). Known as the EarPopper, a modified Politzer device, it was used by 94 children in a controlled clinical trial. Researchers modified the Politzer method by forcing air through the nostril with a 1 ounce infant nasal syringe.

Children were 4 to 11 years old, with at least a two-month history of MEE and associated hearing loss. Efficacy of the Politzer treatment was determined by comparing pre-therapy and post-therapy air conduction thresholds, tympanometric peak pressures (TPPs), ...

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