What Is an Ear Infection?
9. Diagnosis
In many cases, asking about your symptoms and performing a brief physical exam will be all a doctor needs to make a diagnosis. This is often done with help from a pneumatic otoscope, which helps the doctor to see if the ear is filled with fluid. Other tools are also available that will help a doctor to get an idea of the overall health of the patient’s ear.
Other available tests include acoustic reflectometry, which measures how much sound is bouncing back from the eardrum. There is also tympanometry which measures how much the eardrum is moving, helping to give an indication of pressure inside the ear.
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