Hold each earlobe gently between your thumb and forefinger, applying a light downward pull for five seconds before releasing.

Methods We conducted a study of the diagnostic accuracy of oral, tympanic membrane (TM) and temporal artery (TA) thermometry to measure fever in an urban emergency department (ED). Data were collected ...

However, as deep-tissue measurement sites are clinically inaccessible, physicians have utilised other sites to monitor body temperature including the axilla, skin, under the tongue, rectum, and ...

A male infant presented with reduced oral intake, low-grade fever and postauricular erythema. Clinical examination revealed a soft, tender swelling posteroinferior to the mastoid tip with a dull ...

It consists of the outer ear (the auricle and auditory canal), the middle ear (the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes), the inner ear (consisting of the cochlea and vestibular organs ...

Funny thing about the sounds of urban humanity: The cities I have traveled to and from marry certain forms of sound in and ...

It can be used to test the condition of the middle ear, determining whether it is functioning normally, contains fluid, or whether the tympanic membrane has been punctured.

Symptoms of ear infections include: pain hearing loss balance problems drainage from the ear (from a ruptured tympanic membrane) Small children are more likely to have ear infections. Signs of an ear ...

IN investigations on the extent to which objective tests can be used to obtain information on the magnitude of the effective amplification hearing aids give to a deaf user, a knowledge of the ...

Recently, it has to a large degree been replaced by infrared ear thermometry, measuring at the tympanic membrane. However, this method is regarded as suboptimal, mainly because of poor repeatability ...

It has been shown that infections caused by HMPV lead to inflammation in the upper respiratory tract that can disrupt the ...