Show watch nose As cause of ear trouble by DR JAMES W BARTON THE HE new hearing aids are certainly giving great comfort to the hard of hear 5 t the prevention of loss of hearing e aring is not as difficult as many parents HEALTH may think parents COLUMN should keep in mind that most cases of deafness do not come on suddenly there Is usually a history ot of a stopped up nose the child has to breathe through his mouth to get air into and out of the lungs the tha air going into the lungs must be warm and moist and this warmth and moisture was meant to come from the lining of the nose dr barton if the ne nose is 3 blocked then the mouth and throat must supply the warmth and moisture and the dry throat and hacking backing cough result the back of the throat becomes inflamed and this inflammation extends up to the eustachian eusta chlan tube tube carrying air from back of throat to middle ear and to inner side of the ear drum As there is not enough pressure on the inner side of ear drum the outside air pressure drives ear drum inward and so interferes with tho the way impulses are sent along the little ear bones to the nerve of hearing there is often ringing blocked nose Is cause the underlying cause of 0 hard of hearing in most cases is due to the blocked nose this blocking Is due to enlargement of the turbinate bones on outer wall of nose to a bend in the septum or partition between the nostrils to adenoid sponge like tissue at back of nose or to enlarged tonsils ton sils in fact all four of these conditions may be present after these conditions have been present for some time ch changes a n g e ane occur in the ear drun drum and ad i in n th the middle ear itself dr harold walker boston in laryngoscope says to prevent chronic progressive deafness we should do all in our power to maintain or restore normal breathing through the nose by hygienic measures and the removal of the obstructions in the front part of the nose the removal of the lower turbinate bones can best be accomplished by electric coagulation the sept septum is 14 straightened by surgery in throat and back part of nose the adenoid tissue on walls of throat and entrance of eustachian eusta chlan tube are removed by X xray ray or surgery sometimes the tonsils are so enlarged that they interfere wi with th air entering eustachian eusta chlan tube and must be removed |