Dear Doctors: A year ago, I had fluid in my eustachian tubes that didn’ t clear. I ended up needing drainage tubes and sinus surgery. Both tubes are now clogged with thick gunk, and my hearing is ...

Basically, it's this.<BR><BR>I have perpetually swollen lymph nodes in the throat, and these occasionally interfere with my hearing (sometimes, they swell enough to block the ear canal). I find that, ...

Sound is funnelled by the shape of the outer ear (the auricle or pinna) into the external ear canal to reach the eardrum ...